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Retired general John Kelly to be tapped as Homeland Security secretary

Retired Marine general John Kelly, the former head of U.S. Southern Command, is President-elect Donald Trump's choice to head the Department of Homeland Security. The 66-year-old Kelly retired earlier this year. He has been critical of some Obama administration decisions, such as the plan to close the detention site at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Ref. USAToday

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President elect Trump is making a military based government with a lot of experience but some of these haven't been retired for 7 years, there is a reason for that.

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The Senate has confirmed retired Gen. John Kelly to be the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. The vote was 88-11.

Kelly is the second of President Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees to be confirmed on Friday. The Senate is to consider Kansas Rep. Mike Pompeo for CIA director on Monday. Ref. CNN.

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Trump says "Military" action on illegal immigrants. Kelly said "No, no, no military action". Spicer says it was an 'adjective'. That is the most confusing thing ever. Wars between nations can be started over things like this.

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This is why people fear the Trump way of doing things. He says one thing, the advisors say another and the advisors say different things that contradict other advisors and the president. There is too much haste to get things out in the media without getting right behind doors first. Kelly has a difficult task, good luck!

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Kristen,

You are spot on target. They seem not to think things through. That's okay to a degree when talking about immigration. Yes, it stinks for the immigrants but it won't lead to war. When talking about foreign policy though it's scary. This how miscalculations are made that could lead to war. I've said in the past we need to give President Trump time, but President Trump and his team also have to be a lot more professional.

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One point goes out to Kelly for going to Twitter and making it clear there are no military operations. He was in Mexico when that was said how out of timing can Trump be?

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President Trump replaces White House chief of staff Reince Priebus with Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly. Priebus's time as chief of staff was marked by near-constant speculation about how long he would last in the Trump White House. Ref. USAToday.