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'''Janet Napolitano''', a Democrat, is the [[Secretary of Homeland Security]] in the [[Obama Administration]].  
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'''Janet Ann Napolitano''', is president of the [[University of California]] system since September 2013, shortly after she resigned as [[Secretary of Homeland Security]].
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Previously she was governor of [[Arizona]], one the states hardest hit by home mortgage foreclosures and the [[Recession of 2008]].  
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Napolitano is a lawyer who served one term as Arizona Attorney General and four years as U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona.
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<ref>http://azgovernor.gov/BioJN.asp Janet Napolitano - Governor of Arizona Bio</ref> She then served as Governor of Arizona from 2003 to 2009. She served as [[Secretary of Homeland Security]] in the [[Obama Administration]] from 2009 to 2013.
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Prior to her election as Governor of Arizona, Napolitano served one term as Arizona Attorney General and four years as U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona.
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<ref>http://azgovernor.gov/BioJN.asp Janet Napolitano - Governor of Arizona Bio</ref>
      
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Responding aggressively to Arizona's health care needs, Ex-Governor Napolitano took great strides to expand access for all Arizonans. To address the critical shortage of doctors in Arizona, Ex-Governor Napolitano worked closely with the Universities to break ground on [[Phoenix|Phoenix's]] first medical school, although it is mored in controversy. She partnered with the private sector to create one of the nation's first free prescription drug discount cards, the Arizona CoppeRx Card, which has saved seniors more than $15 million to date.
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Responding aggressively to Arizona's health care needs, Ex-Governor Napolitano took great strides to expand access for all Arizonans. To address the critical shortage of doctors in Arizona, Ex-Governor Napolitano worked closely with the Universities to break ground on [[Phoenix|Phoenix's]] first medical school, although it is controversial. She partnered with the private sector to create one of the nation's first free prescription drug discount cards, the Arizona CoppeRx Card, which has saved seniors more than $15 million to date.
    
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Recently named chair of the [[National Governors Association]] by her peers. She is the past chair of the Western Governors’ Association.
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While Governor, Napolitano chaired the [[National Governors Association]]. She is the past chair of the Western Governors’ Association.
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==University of California==
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As President of the University of California system, Napolitano supervises all of the campuses, which have their own administrations.  Under her administration, the University implemented a computer surveillance system.<ref>[http://www.dcclothesline.com/2016/02/07/same-old-dog-same-old-tricks-university-president-janet-napolitano-caught-spying-on-university-staff/ Same Old Dog, Same Old Tricks: University President, JANET NAPOLITANO, Caught Spying on University Staff], Clarice Palmer</ref>.<ref name="Cal professors fear UC bosses will snoop on them">{{cite web|title=Cal professors fear UC bosses will snoop on them|url=http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Cal-professors-fear-UC-bosses-will-snoop-on-them-6794646.php|website=San Francisco Chronicle|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|accessdate=February 6, 2016}}</ref> Critics fear that this hardware can be used to monitor all network traffic, including academics' emails. Despite internal criticism, the decision to install the monitoring hardware was kept secret until January 2016, when a number of professors challenged it in a public letter.<ref name="UCOP Ordered Spyware Installed on UC Data Networks">{{cite web|title=UCOP Ordered Spyware Installed on UC Data Networks|url=http://utotherescue.blogspot.nl/2016/01/ucop-ordered-spyware-installed-on-uc.html|website=Remaking the University|accessdate=February 6, 2016}}</ref>
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* [http://www.dcclothesline.com/2016/02/07/same-old-dog-same-old-tricks-university-president-janet-napolitano-caught-spying-on-university-staff/ Same Old Dog, Same Old Tricks: University President, JANET NAPOLITANO, Caught Spying on University Staff], Clarice Palmer<ref>"The implementation of a [[surveillance]] program under the assumption that surveillance will keep UC safe breaks the school’s privacy policies, precisely because Napolitano is incapable of “guaranteeing abuse of this surveillance will never happen." [http://www.dcclothesline.com/2016/02/07/same-old-dog-same-old-tricks-university-president-janet-napolitano-caught-spying-on-university-staff/ Same Old Dog, Same Old Tricks: University President, JANET NAPOLITANO, Caught Spying on University Staff], Clarice Palmer</ref>
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* [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=d008224971c81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD National Governor's Association - Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano]
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* [http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=63 Project Vote Smart - Governor Janet Napolitano]
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*[http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=63 Project Vote Smart - Governor Janet Napolitano]
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