Jackson Stepping Down at DHS

Michael Jackson, deputy secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, will step down from his post Oct. 26, DHS said Monday.

He was nominated for the post in January 2005 and was the longest-serving deputy secretary at DHS.

Jackson held several jobs in the first Bush administration and was chief of staff to then-Transportation Secretary Andrew Card in 1992-1993. From 1993-1997, he was a senior vice president at American Trucking Associations.

Jackson will leave DHS “having made an enduring impact on our homeland security,” said Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.

“He was fundamental in invigorating our operating components, fusing our intelligence capabilities . . . and managing the response to the disrupted airline plot of August 2006,” Chertoff said in a statement.