U.S. SENATE CONFIRMS HUTCHINSON
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Asa Hutchinson as Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Security.
In that capacity, Hutchinson will supervise the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Customs Service, the Transportation Security Administration, the U.S. Border Patrol, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), among other federal agencies, when they transfer to the Homeland Security department on March 1.