VIDEO: Senate confirms Poughkeepsie's Johnson to lead Homeland

The Senate voted Monday to confirm Jeh Johnson, a man with strong connections to Dutchess County, to head the Department of Homeland Security, but the department still faces a backlog of vacancies among other senior leadership positions.

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