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John Tien

John Tien

Former United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security

Jul 22, 2026

2:32
And could you tell us a little bit about your life's journey and how you, how those experiences basically brought you to where you are today?
2:40
Sure will.
2:40
I mean, oftentimes when you get asked a question like this, you start with, "I was born in blah, blah, blah." I won't say the year, but, uh, most people could figure it out if they just looked at all my gray hair.
2:50
But I won't do that.
2:50
I'll actually go, uh, uh, backwards a little bit and start with my last job first, not obviously the things that you've spoken about, being a professor of the practice here at the Sam Nunn School, which also, by the way, I'm dual appointment in the...
3:03
Just it's a little bit of a public service announcement, uh, s- Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech, the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy at Georgia Tech, and also an external fellow at two organizations.
3:15
We call them IRI, but they're essentially umbrella organizations.

13 MINS LATER

16:41
So the question is really how has Homeland Security priorities changed, uh, from time, uh, you saw from the early days until, until I guess, you know, the, even today now and how you might reflect, uh, on some of the, the changes and differences?

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