The election of Gov. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., to be the next Homeland Security secretary beat a crucial obstacle in the verification procedure on Friday night, advancing to a last vote later on this weekend.
Her verification vote is anticipated to occur early Sunday early morning.
PETE HEGSETH VERIFIED TO LEAD PENTAGON AFTER VP VANCE CASTS TIE-BREAKING VOTE
South Dakota Guv Kristi Noem is sworn in throughout a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on her election to be Secretary of Homeland Security, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Jan. 17, 2025. ( Getty Images)
If verified, Noem will end up being the 4th of President Donald Trump’s choices to be advanced out of the Senate, behind Secretary of State Marco Rubio, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and inbound Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
Votes that are anticipated not long after Noem’s are those for Treasury Secretary candidate Scott Bessent, followed by Transport Secretary select Sean Duffy.
MODERATE REPUBLICAN POLITICIAN MURKOWSKI WON’T BACK TRUMP CHOICE HEGSETH FOR DEFENSE SECRETARY

New Secretary of State Marco Rubio advised the department to start taking particular actions in line with Trump’s executive orders. ( Reuters)
The South Dakota guv is anticipated to get bipartisan assistance for her verification to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Her election advanced out of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) by a vote of 13-2. Just 2 Democrats voted versus her.
TIM SCOTT STRESSES ‘OUTCOMES’ OVER RECONCILIATION PROCEDURE AS HE AVOIDS OF DISPUTE

A group of over 100 migrants trying to go into the United States unlawfully hurry a border wall Thursday, March 21, 2024. ( James Breeden for New York City Post/ Mega)
” I was the very first Guv to send out National Guard soldiers to Texas when they were being overwhelmed by an extraordinary border crisis,” Noem informed the committee throughout her verification hearing recently.
” If verified as Secretary, I will make sure that our extraordinary, remarkable border patrol representatives have all the tools and resources and assistance they require to bring out their objective successfully.”
Source: Fox News.