Kenneth Thomas "Cooch" Cuccinelli II is an American lawyer and politician who served as the senior official performing the duties of deputy secretary of homeland security from 2019 to 2021. A member o
Official portrait, 2019
Cuccinelli (right), as Virginia attorney general, at a U.S. Department of Justice press conference announcing a resolution of Abbott Laboratories' off-label promotion of its drug Depakote in May 2012
Cuccinelli tours the U.S. Capitol following the January 6, 2021, storming in his capacity as acting deputy secretary
Cuccinelli receiving the "Defender of the Constitution" award from the Conservative Political Action Conference for his work as Virginia attorney general in February 2012
David Peter Pekoske is an American government official and retired U.S. Coast Guard vice admiral who served as the seventh administrator of the Transportation Security Administration in the United Sta
Ken Cuccinelli
…United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security De facto, unlawful In office November 13, 2019 – January 20, 2021 President Donald Trump Preceded by David Pekoske (acting) Succeeded by David Pekoske (acting) Acting Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services De facto, unlawful In office…
26th Vice-Commandant of the United States Coast Guard
Administrator David Pekoske being ceremonially sworn in at DHS headquarters by Acting Secretary Elaine Duke.
Pekoske as Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security at Super Bowl LV.