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Pedro Camacho

Trump DHS Nominee Kristi Noem Clashes With Democrat Over 'Keeping Families Together' At Border in Tense Exchange

Trump’s nominee for Secretary of DHS is South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem. (Credit: Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images)

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be the next Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary, Kristi Noem, got into a tense exchange with Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal (D) during her Senate confirmation hearing on Friday.

The episode took place when Blumenthal, the last Senator to interrogate Noem during the almost two-and-a-half-hour session, asked the South Dakota Governor if she would commit to helping children who were victims of the so-called "Family Separation Policy" in the last administration reunite with their families.

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