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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBloomberg: Trump Is Considering Rick Perry for Homeland Security Chief
The Trump administration is considering Energy Secretary Rick Perry as one possible replacement for John Kelly at the Department of Homeland Security, according to three people familiar with the deliberations.
Kelly became White House chief of staff on Monday, and President Donald Trump has not made a decision about who should succeed him as Homeland Security secretary. White House officials are considering others for the position in addition to Perry, the people said. They asked not to be identified discussing a personnel matter.
"Secretary Perry is focused on the important mission of the Department of Energy. Hes honored to be mentioned, but he loves whats hes doing," said Robert Haus, director of public affairs at the department.
Kelly, 67, is a retired Marine Corps general whose brief tenure at Homeland Security was marked by moves to strengthen immigration enforcement. Kelly also was supportive of the presidents high-profile promise to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Deputy DHS Secretary Elaine Duke has been serving as the acting leader of that department since Kelly moved to the White House.
Kelly became White House chief of staff on Monday, and President Donald Trump has not made a decision about who should succeed him as Homeland Security secretary. White House officials are considering others for the position in addition to Perry, the people said. They asked not to be identified discussing a personnel matter.
"Secretary Perry is focused on the important mission of the Department of Energy. Hes honored to be mentioned, but he loves whats hes doing," said Robert Haus, director of public affairs at the department.
Kelly, 67, is a retired Marine Corps general whose brief tenure at Homeland Security was marked by moves to strengthen immigration enforcement. Kelly also was supportive of the presidents high-profile promise to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Deputy DHS Secretary Elaine Duke has been serving as the acting leader of that department since Kelly moved to the White House.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-02/trump-is-said-to-consider-perry-for-homeland-security-chief
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Bloomberg: Trump Is Considering Rick Perry for Homeland Security Chief (Original Post)
spanone
Aug 2017
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Wounded Bear
(58,758 posts)1. I'm sure he'll be at least as good as Brown was at FEMA...
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)2. Meh. Who cares which clown Chump appoints?
It's a WH circus regardless of the performers.
Johnny2X2X
(19,240 posts)5. I care
Homeland Security is a very important position and if it's lead by a chump it endangers American lives.
This is more than just a circus, there are very real consequences to this clown show, some of them life and death.
Rick Perry isn't qualified to run a lemonade stand in his driveway. Allowing him to be in charge of our domestic security is unimaginable.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,926 posts)3. Is DHS another agency that Perry doesn't know what it does?
Swear to God, Perry has to be one of the dumbest guys ever to waste oxygen in a government building. A perfect example of a Trump minion.
Doodley
(9,161 posts)4. That would be like choosing the village idiot to become a math professor.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)6. Well at DOE he did replace a nuclear physicist
So
GeorgeGist
(25,326 posts)7. Heckuva a job, Rick ...
TheBlackAdder
(28,239 posts)8. He'll probably appoint a Luk Oil or Citgo executive to the DOE job.
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)9. I would like to see Ben Carson at Homeland
Is he still running HUD, so quiet, let's wake him up. 😀