Kenneth Thomas Cuccinelli II is an American lawyer and politician who served as the senior official performing the duties of the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as the Principal Deputy and Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and was Attorney General of Virginia from 2010 to 2014.
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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
United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
The deputy secretary of homeland security is the chief operating officer of the United States Department of Homeland Security, with responsibility for managing day-to-day operations. The department has over 208,000 employees and an annual budget of more than $48.5 billion.
United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
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