Noem's full name is Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem and she was born in 1971 in Watertown, in east central South Dakota. The city is in Codington County about 187 miles northeast of the state's capital Pierre. The new Secretary of Homeland Security is married to Bryon Noem.

During her confirmation hearings, Kristi Noem articulated a clear and forceful understanding of the national and international challenges that lie ahead.

Israeli lawmakers are set to meet to approve a deal for a ceasefire with Hamas and for the release of hostages. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Homeland Security, is likely to face tough questions from senators at her confirmation hearing. TikTok's fate in the U.S. could be known this morning.

The South Dakota governor will oversee a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and a clampdown on illegal immigration.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be the next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, is set for her Senate confirmation hearing on Friday.

The Senate voted on Saturday to confirm Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary, putting a former South Dakota governor in charge of the department at the heart of President Trump’s agenda to crack down on immigration. The vote was 59 to 34.

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The two term South Dakota Gov. was tapped by Trump in Nov. and will be key in enacting the new president's mass deportation plan.