Standing Rock Chairwoman Janet Alkire endorsed Noem's appointment as the Secretary of Homeland Security, aiming to create new avenues for the tribe. Noem is still banned from Standing Rock.

Former North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum’s confirmation hearing began this morning as the Interior Secretary nominee. His role would make him responsible for the conservation and management of natural resources and public lands.

Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security Committee pressed Kristi Noem, President-elect Trump’s nominee for secretary of Homeland Security, on whether she would apply conditions to or withhold

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is having her hearing to become the next Homeland Security Secretary pushed back from Wednesday to Friday. According to a committee aide, the FBI has yet to complete its portion of her paperwork.

Noem was initially slated to appear 9 a.m. Wednesday before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs in Washington.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of Homeland Security, will appear for her first confirmation hearing Wednesday around 9:00 a.m. before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Kristi Noem (R), President-elect Trump’s pick to ... Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of the Interior, former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R), had his hearing delayed by two days.

A U.S. Senate committee’s hearing on Republican Gov. Kristi Noem’s nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security has been postponed. The hearing was scheduled for Wednesday. It’s now postponed to 9 a.

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