SOUTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR KRISTI NOEM WAS IN WASHINGTON D.C. FOR HER HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY CONFIRMATION HEARING TODAY (FRIDAY).
NOEM WAS INTRODUCED BY FELLOW SOUTH DAKOTAN JOHN THUNE, THE NEW SENATE MAJORITY LEADER:
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IN HER OPENING REMARKS, NOEM TALKED ABOUT HOW SOUTH DAKOTA RESPONDED TO HELP TEXAS DEAL WITH THE INFLOW OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AT OUR SOUTHERN BORDER:
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SOME SENATORS QUESTIONED HER ABOUT THE THREAT OF HOME GROWN TERRORISM, SUCH AS THE RECENT ATTACK IN NEW ORLEANS ON NEW YEAR’S DAY, AND THE RADICALIZATION OF SOME AMERICANS FROM GROUPS LIKE HAMAS:
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NOEM SPOKE ABOUT THE NUMBER OF TERRORISTS THOUGHT TO BE IN OUR COUNTRY THROUGH CROSSING THE SOUTHERN BORDER:
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NOEM TESTIFIED BEFORE THE SENATE HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE FOR AROUND TWO AND A HALF HOURS.
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