Is Donald Trump preparing to appoint fourth United States Secretary of Homeland Security? Kristjen Nielsen has served as the Secretary for the Homeland Security of the United States for less than a year, but Trump dissatisfaction over her performance has shed doubt over her continuity in the office.
The close ally of former Secretary for the Homeland Security of the United States John F. Kelly, Kristjen took over the reign in December 2017 and replaced Elaine Duke.
Is She Getting Fired?
In November 2018, there was the news on media that the President of the United States, Donald Trump was about to fire her as she could not stop people from trying to come to the United States.
As immigration had been the vital issue of Trump's presidency, he was reportedly dissatisfied with her performance. Kristjen served most of her tenure executing an ongoing crackdown at the US-Mexico border, and during the time thousands of National Guard units and active-duty military had been deployed to the border.
The highlight of her tenure has been introducing merit-based immigration replacing family-based, but still, it has not caught the eye of the President.
With possible departure looms, president Trump supposedly asked her resignation. But as thing stands, she has been continuing as the Secretary of the Department.
After long controversies, Kirstjen has now resigned from her position as Secretary of Homeland Security after President Donald Trump asked her to resign on Sunday on 7 April 2019. As confirmed by nymag.com, she told that it's the right time for her to step aside. She told;
“I hope that the next secretary will have the support of Congress and the courts in fixing the laws which have impeded our ability to fully secure America’s borders and which have contributed to discord in our nation’s discourse.”
Also, it was confirmed that she remained at the White House until Wednesday to ensure an “orderly transition” of power. As per the NY Times, Trump ended her contract with in charge of the border security agency. She was alleged to be involved in the president’s criticism. On the other hand, the president had announced on his tweet that Kevin McAleenan will replace Kirstjen Nielsen.
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In the tweet, he wrote that Kevin was appointed for the post and he believes Kevin would do a great job.
Who Is Kirstjen Nielsen? Is She Married?
Kirstjen Nielsen is an American attorney and national security expert, who has been serving as the sixth Secretary of Homeland Security, the United States since December 2017.
She was born to her parents James McHenry Nielsen and Phyllis Michele Nielsen in Florida. Her parents divorced when she was at her college in Georgetown School of Foreign Service. She shared a close-knit bond with her father, who served as the best man at her swearing-in as DHS secretary.
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Kristjen, age 46, relishes her high- profiled career with immense successes and the fortunes. She keeps her career part in more priority, due to which her personal life seems overshadowed. As far as the reach of the media, she relishes the single happy life with no rumors of having a spouse or a partner.
Although she seems behind in the progress of her love interests, she usually spends her time with her friends and besties attending several events and occasions. She has been great friends with Chad Wolf, who accompanied her at 2018 State Dinner. As of now, she has not married yet and doesn't have any children.
How Much Is The Net Worth Of Kristjen Nielsen?
Kristjen Nielsen garners the massive net worth from her professional career as an American attorney and national defense expert. The secretary of Homeland Security is the only executive in the department receiving a Level I salary which is about $199,700. Thus concerning her career as the secretary, she has accumulated the net earnings that range in thousands of dollars.
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During the administration of George W. Bush, she sailed her career as Special Assistant to the President and also as a Senior Director for Prevention, Preparedness, and Response (PPR) at the White House Homeland Security Council and also served as an Assistant Administrator to the Transportation Security Administration's Office of Legislative Policy and Government Affairs.
Besides that, she was a senior member of the Resilience Task Force of the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security Committee at George Washington University and even assisted at the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report Advisory Board.
After leaving the administration of George W. Bush in 2008, Kristjen founded the Sunesis Consulting, which gained a federal lease, with an opening award of about $450,000, to "provide system and act, scholarly writing, and organizational improvement" to the Federal Emergency Management Agency in 2013.
Then in 2017, she worked as the Chief of Staff at the United States Department of Homeland Security for John F. Kelly and also moved to the White House, as a Principal Deputy Chief of Staff under Kelly.
In October 2017, Donald Trump nominated her as the new United States Secretary of Homeland Security.
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Short Bio
Born in 1972, in the United States, Kirstjen Nielsen celebrates her birthday on 14 May. She holds an American nationality and belongs to the white ethnicity.
She attended the Georgetown School of Foreign Service and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree. After that, she earned the Juris Doctorate (JD) from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1999. She also pursued the education of Japanese Studies from Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan.
