Michael Jackson, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee To hold hearings, Monday, Mar. 7, 2005 2 p.m. to examine the nomination of Michael Jackson, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. SD-342

BIOGRAPHY: As Deputy Secretary of transportation from May 2001, Mr. Jackson served as the department’s chief operating officer with responsibility for the day-to-day operations of 11 modal administrations and the work of 100,000 DOT employees nationwide and overseas. He worked with Secretary Mineta to carry out DOT’s major missions and to provide leadership in the areas of strategic management, regulatory reform, and research and development efforts.

Jackson previously served at DOT as chief of staff to Secretary Andrew H. Card Jr. from 1992 to 1993. Before returning to DOT, Jackson worked in the private sector as vice president and general manager for business development at Lockheed Martin IMS Transportation Systems and Services.
From 1993 until 1997, Jackson was senior vice president and counselor to the president of the American Trucking Associations where he handled freight, technology and international trade matters.

Jackson has served in several other executive branch positions, including special assistant to the President and executive secretary for cabinet liaison during the first Bush administration, as well as press spokesman and deputy chief of staff to the Secretary of Education.

He has been a researcher at the American Enterprise Institute and taught political science at the University of Georgia and at Georgetown University. Mr. Jackson graduated with honors from the University of Houston and received a Ph.D. in political science from Georgetown University.

Jackson resides with his wife and daughter in Virginia.

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Syria Announces Full Withdrawal from Lebanon

Urgent. Syria Announces Full Withdrawal from Lebanon Damascus, March 5, (SANA)-

President Bashar al-Assad announced Saturday that Syria will withdraw its forces based in Lebanon fully to the Bekaa region, and then to the Syrian-Lebanese borders.

" This is to complement steps that have been taken previously in the framework of al-Taif agreement and in line with the UN resolution 1559," the president said in a speech before the People’s Assembly.

The President added that "I agreed with President Emil Lahoud of Lebanon that the Syrian-Lebanese Supreme Council would be held during this week to ratify the pullback plan."

"With the end of this procedure, Syria will be in full compliance with its commitments over al-Taif agreement and would have carried out requirements of the resolution 1559, " the President said.

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SOURCE: Syrian Arab News Agency, SANA address : Damascus-Baramka, nearby Damascus University, P.O. Box : 2661Telephones : 2228239/2231736/2224020/2226429/2129702, Fax : 2224572/2220365/2224292/2224557/2211254/2225774, Telex : 411004/411457/411458. E-Mail : sana@net.sy