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Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Resigns
Eileen Sullivan - The Associated Press
years of serving with the president's team, I am compelled to depart for financial reasons that I can no longer ignore." Jackson's resignation is effective Oct. 26.
Jackson was deputy secretary of the Transportation Department between 2001 and 2003, during which time he helped set up the Transportation Security Administration. He came to the Homeland Security Department in March of 2005.
From late 2003 to 2005 Jackson worked in the private sector as senior vice president of AECOM Technology Corporation. In his e-mail today, Jackson said, "Today I become, in Washington's argot, a lame duck."