LEWISTOWN The Mifflin County School Board of Directors held their Committee-of-the-Whole meeting Thursday evening when they heard a presentation on the Academy expansion project update from Barry King, director of the Academy of Science and Technology. This Academy project started five years ago. HBAC and diesel technology are the two newest programs added to […]
From Staff Reports LEWISTOWN Voters have chosen five candidates to serve on Mifflin County School District’s Board of Directors. According to unofficial election results, current board president Fredrick Nickel received the highest number of votes during the general election Tuesday, receiving 4,822 votes. Results indicate that other candidates who will serve Mifflin County residents […]
WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate key leadership for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; John Tien for Deputy Secretary, Jen Easterly for Director of Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, Ur Jaddou for Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Chris Magnus for Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Jonathan Meyer for General Counsel, and Robert Silvers for Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans.
John Tien, Nominee for Deputy Secretary
John Tien previously served in the Obama Administration as the National Security Council Senior Director for Afghanistan and Pakistan from 2009-2011. Since 2011, Tien has been a Citigroup managing director. Prior to joining Citi, Tien was a combat arms officer for 24 years in the active duty U.S. Army and retired in 2011 as a Colonel. He is a veteran of three combat tours in Iraq to include being the Task Force 2-37 M1A1 Abrams Tank Battalion Commander