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Encyclopedia > James Loy
James Loy

Admiral James Milton Loy (born August 10, 1942) is the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).


He has been Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, since Tom Ridge left the office on February 1, 2005 while President George W. Bush's nominee for the office, Michael Chertoff, has not yet had confirmation hearings before the U.S. Senate. Loy will resign effective March 1, 2005.


Born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Loy entered the United States Coast Guard Academy in 1960. He served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Coast Guard, rising to the rank of Admiral. In May 1998, Loy became Commandant of the Coast Guard, serving in that post until 2002.


In May, 2002, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation Norman Mineta appointed Loy to become the Deputy Undersecretary for the newly-formed Transportation Security Administration. Loy led the agency through its creation and subsequent incorporation into the Department of Homeland Security.


In 2003, Loy was appointed Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. He was nominated by President George W. Bush on October 23, 2003, confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 25, 2003, and sworn in as Deputy Secretary on December 4, 2003.


External links

  • Coast Guard Biography of Loy (http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/JMLX.html)
  • DHS biography (http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?theme=11&content=2996)

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Online NewsHour: Newsmaker: James Loy -- Dec. 31, 2002 (2149 words)
James Loy, the new director of the Transportation Security Administration, discusses the new federal measures requiring airports to screen all baggage for explosives beginning in 2003.
ADMIRAL JAMES LOY: First of all, the Congress stipulated some certain requirements: American citizenship, high school equivalency, the ability to do physical things associated with the baggage screening and what have you; there was a language qualification, there was a profile associated with the specific requirements that were ladled to us by the Congress.
ADMIRAL JAMES LOY: There's no doubt in mind that somewhere in those Afghan caves or wherever they are hiding there is a gaming process going on in the minds of the terrorists to figure out precisely what we are doing and what is their way around it.
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