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Kirstjen Michele Nielsen (/ ˈ k ɪər s t ən /; born May 14, 1972) is an American attorney who served as United States Secretary of Homeland Security from 2017 to 2019. She is a former principal White House deputy chief of staff to President Donald Trump, and was chief of staff to John F. Kelly during his tenure as Secretary of Homeland Security.
The former Homeland Security Secretary said she resigned from the Trump administration because she realized that "saying no" was "not going to be enough."
President Donald Trump says he's accepted the resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.
Kirstjen Nielsen: December 6, 2017 April 10, 2019 President Trump announced via tweet, "Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen will be leaving her position, and I would like to thank her for her service." Chad Wolf: November 13, 2019 January 12, 2021 Resigned due to legal challenges to his authority as Acting Secretary of Homeland ...
What we’ve learned about Kirstjen Nielsen’s resignation as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Kirstjen Nielsen, Who Oversaw Family Separation at the Border, Apparently Wasn’t ...
Kirstjen Nielsen served as the Senate-confirmed Secretary of Homeland Security from December 5, 2017, until April 10, 2019. On April 9, 2019, Nielsen had issued a new revision of Delegation 00106 that updated Annex A, but left Executive Order 13753 in place in the case of death, resignation, or inability.
The last Senate-confirmed DHS Secretary, Kirstjen Nielsen, stepped down on April 10, 2019, 469 days earlier. [ 45 ] On August 14, 2020, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a finding that Wolf had become Acting Secretary improperly, [ 46 ] noting that:
Kevin McAleenan, the commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, was named by President Donald Trump as Nielsen’s acting secretary of Homeland Security after Kirstjen Nielsen resigned.