President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he is firing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and replacing her with U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), effective March 31. Trump praised Mullin as a "MAGA Warrior" and a former undefeated professional MMA fighter. Noem is being reassigned as Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas, a new Western Hemisphere security initiative Trump will announce Saturday in Doral, Florida. Trump credited Noem with "numerous and spectacular results, especially on the Border," while officially thanking her for her service. Noem's removal follows weeks of controversy, including her testimony that Trump approved a $200 million self-promotion advertising campaign. The firing also came after GOP senators privately questioned whether Trump should remove her following damaging congressional testimony about her leadership decisions.
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