Trump: Acting homeland security secretary Chad Wolf will lead agency
Source: Associated Press
Trump: Acting homeland security secretary will lead agency
By BEN FOX
August 25, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will nominate acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf to the top spot in the agency, rewarding a forceful advocate for administration policy whose leadership has been challenged on legal grounds.
The president made the announcement on Twitter. He praised Wolfs management of an agency that plays a major role in the Trump administrations policies on immigration and crime, which critics say detracts from the core DHS mission of protecting the nation from external threats.
I am pleased to inform the American Public that Acting Secretary Chad Wolf will be nominated to be the Secretary of Homeland Security, Trump tweeted. Chad has done an outstanding job and we greatly appreciate his service!
Wolfs prospects for Senate confirmation are unclear. There is a narrow window for him to be confirmed before the Nov. 3 election, with the Senate away until Labor Day and then scheduled to recess in mid-October.
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