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On the recordDecember 11, 2013
I think there are probably only three people in the entire universe that know how difficult his task will truly be, and that is the three previous Secretaries of Homeland Security.
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Thomas J. Ridge
Pennsylvania

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Ridge emphasizes the challenges Jeh Johnson will face as Secretary of Homeland Security.

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