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March 11, 2000 9:10 AM, EST

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he full Senate confirmed Michael Jackson by unanimous consent Thursday to be deputy secretary at the Department of °®¶¹´«Ã½land Security.

Jackson had testified before the Senate °®¶¹´«Ã½land Security and Governmental Affairs Committee earlier in the week, promising to devote attention to the Transportation Worker Identification Card program and to cross-border trucking issues.

Jackson replaces Admiral James Loy and will serve as the No. 2 department official behind new DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff.

Prior to his nomination, Jackson worked for a Los Angeles consulting firm. Before that, he was deputy secretary at the Department of Transportation in President Bush’s first term. In that post he helped to create the Transportation Security Administration.

Jackson is also a former senior vice president of American Trucking Associations.