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Massive news coming into our newsroom right now. Senator Mark Wayne Mullen has just been tapped by President Donald Trump to be the next Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Christine Nome is out effective March 30th first. That’s according to the president’s post on Truth Social just moments ago. This just came in. Senator Mark Wayne Mullen, of course, *** massive, massive ally to the president. The senator calls President Trump one of his personal friends. And so this is *** huge move, leaving the US Senate, which is Considered, of course, *** prime job in Washington DC to run the Department of Homeland Security. The president saying that Mark Wayne Mullen has done *** tremendous job representing the wonderful people of Oklahoma, saying that he will work tirelessly to keep our border secure, stop migrant crime, murderers, and other criminals from illegally entering our country. Big news. Mark Wayne Mullen leaving the Senate to become the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
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President Donald Trump said he is appointing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to serve as his “Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas” as he announced her ouster from the Department of Homeland Security Thursday.Trump will gather with the leaders of 11 Latin American countries for a “Shield” summit on Saturday at his golf club in Doral, Florida.The name of the gathering is supposed to reflect Trump’s vision for U.S. national security strategy to put a greater emphasis on the Western Hemisphere, as he looks to leverage U.S. military and intelligence assets unseen in the region since the end of the Cold War. The leaders of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, and Trinidad and Tobago have confirmed they will attend, according to the White House.Noem, speaking in Nashville, confirmed she will be at the summit and that Trump will announce “a big agreement” that will detail “how we’re going to go after cartels and drug trafficking in the entire Western Hemisphere.”Trump announced he would nominate Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin to replace Noem as homeland security secretary.
President Donald Trump said he is appointing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to serve as his “Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas” as he announced her ouster from the Department of Homeland Security Thursday.
Trump will gather with the leaders of 11 Latin American countries for a “Shield” summit on Saturday at his golf club in Doral, Florida.
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The name of the gathering is supposed to reflect Trump’s vision for U.S. national security strategy to put a greater emphasis on the Western Hemisphere, as he looks to leverage U.S. military and intelligence assets unseen in the region since the end of the Cold War.
The leaders of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, and Trinidad and Tobago have confirmed they will attend, according to the White House.
Noem, speaking in Nashville, confirmed she will be at the summit and that Trump will announce “a big agreement” that will detail “how we’re going to go after cartels and drug trafficking in the entire Western Hemisphere.”
Trump announced he would nominate Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin to replace Noem as homeland security secretary.
