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Trump picks Kristi Noem to serve as DHS Secretary
President-elect Donald Trump has selected South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem as Homeland Security Secretary.
Tuesday, November 12th 2024, 11:14 AM CST
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President-elect Donald Trump has selected South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem as Homeland Security Secretary.
That's according to two people familiar with the selection.
The DHS is a sprawling agency that oversees Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Secret Service.
It has a $60 billion budget and hundreds of thousands of employees.
During Trump's previous term in office, DHS had five different leaders.
Only two of them were Senate-confirmed.