Senate confirms new US Homeland Security Secretary
Kristi Noem, the new US Secretary of Homeland Security (photo: flickr.com/sdpb)
The US Senate has approved President Donald Trump's nominee for the post of Secretary of Homeland Security. The Ministry will be headed by Kristi Noem, who was previously the governor of South Dakota, The Hill reports.
According to The Hill, the consideration of Noem's candidacy went quite smoothly. The voting ended with a result of 59 to 34. Even six representatives of the Democratic Party supported Noem's candidacy along with the Republicans.
Noem, as noted by The Hill, will lead one of the most extensive agencies in the US government and one of the most important in the Trump administration, which intends to crack down on immigration.
Noem was even on the list of candidates for the post of vice president of the United States, but her relationship with Trump deteriorated due to the publication of a book in which she talked about killing a dog because he was not perfect. Later, she called it a joke that she wanted to show how she was capable of doing the most horrible job when it was needed.
The US Department of Homeland Security is responsible for public safety, with a mission that includes counterterrorism, border security, immigration and customs, cybersecurity, and disaster prevention and management.
The Ministry began its work in March 2003 on the basis of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, adopted in response to the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Earlier, the US Senate confirmed Marco Rubio as US Secretary of State and confirmed John Ratcliffe as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
However, the appointment of Pete Hegseth as head of the Pentagon was problematic. His nomination was approved only thanks to Vice President JD Vance, whose vote was decisive in the Senate.
