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Acting Homeland Security Secretary McAleenan to Step Down Next Week - Trump

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On Friday, US President Donald Trump revealed that Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan has decided to step down next week. 11.10.2019, Sputnik International

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Acting Homeland Security Secretary McAleenan to Step Down Next Week - Trump

23:50 GMT 11.10.2019 (Updated: 18:27 GMT 03.11.2022)

© REUTERS / ERIN SCOTTActing DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan speaks at a Council of Foreign Relations (CFR) forum on "the role of the Homeland Security Department and the challenge of immigration in the United States" in Washington, U.S., September 23, 2019

Acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan speaks at a Council of Foreign Relations (CFR) forum on the role of the Homeland Security Department and the challenge of immigration in the United States in Washington, U.S., September 23, 2019 - Sputnik International

On Friday, US President Donald Trump revealed that Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan has decided to step down next week.

"Kevin McAleenan has done an outstanding job as Acting Secretary of Homeland Security," Trump tweeted, adding that McAleenan has decided to transition to the private sector.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 11, 2019

Trump also noted that he will be announcing the new acting secretary next week, and that there are "many wonderful candidates."

In April, then-US Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced that she would be stepping down and that McAleenan would become the acting chief of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Before being appointed as the acting DHS chief, he served as the commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection after being confirmed by the US Senate in 2018.