Trump to Nominate John Kelly to Lead DHS
President-elect Donald Trump will nominate John Kelly, who commanded the U.S. Southern Command, to lead the Department of Homeland Security, Trump said Monday. Kelly “is the right person” for “improving coordination between our intelligence and law enforcement agencies,” Trump said…
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in a statement. Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron Johnson, R-Wis., called the choice “outstanding.” House Homeland Security Committee ranking member Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said in a statement he's “troubled by [Kelly's] alarmist statements in the past on the security of our borders.” Trump said he plans to appoint Goldman Sachs President-Chief Operating Officer Gary Cohn as director of the National Economic Council. "As my top economic adviser, Gary Cohn is going to put his talents as a highly successful businessman to work for the American people," Trump said.