Kristi Noem, Donald Trump's nominee for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary, will appear before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Friday. Noem, a former South Dakota governor and congresswoman, is expected to receive strong GOP support for her confirmation. If confirmed, she will oversee Trump's border security plans, including a massive deportation operation and tightened border access. This hearing follows the impeachment of outgoing DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas by Republicans.
Kristi Noem , Donald Trump ’s pick to head the Department of Homeland Security, will face Senators Friday at her first confirmation hearing . Noem, a two-term South Dakota governor and former U.S. congresswoman, will appear before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Friday. Her hearing was initially scheduled for Wednesday.
Last year, Noem was widely criticized – by both Democrats and Republicans – for revealing in her memoir that she killed her 14-month-old dog. In an excerpt of "No Going Back," Noem wrote that she took her 14-month-old female dog, Cricket, to a "gravel pit" near her farm, shooting the animal because it killed and ate several chickens and was "less than worthless" and "untrainable.
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