[US] Senate confirms Kerlikowske as CBP chief

The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Gil Kerlikowske as commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Kerlikowske has served the Obama administration as director of National Drug Control since 2009. For nine years prior to that, he was chief of police in Seattle...

Thomas Winkowski, who has served as acting commissioner for nearly a year, will return to his original role as deputy commissioner...

This has been excerpted from the 7 March 2014 article by the American Shipper and is available in its entirety at http://www.americanshipper.com/Main/News/Senate_confirms_Kerlikowske_as_CBP_chief_56687.aspx (subscription is required).