KQED NEWSROOM: Janet Napolitano Leads U.S. Olympic Delegation
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Channel: KQED News · 2014 · News & Politics
Next week University of California President Janet Napolitano will lead the U.S. delegation to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. As former Secretary of Homeland Security, Napolitano is well suited to the job, given heightened concerns about terrorism at the Games and Russia's decision to grant asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden. The two countries are also at odds over Russia's harsh stance against LGBT rights and the 10-member delegation that Napolitano is leading has three openly gay athletes, including tennis great Billie Jean King and skater Brian Boitano. Scott Shafer sat down with President Napolitano to discuss the Olympics and her day job as head of UC.
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