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| 0:00.0 | Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, |
| 0:07.4 | working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all. On the web at theshmit.org. |
| 0:15.1 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. President Trump has fired Homeland Security Secretary |
| 0:23.5 | Christine Nome in the first major cabinet shakeup of his second term. Trump says he's planning |
| 0:29.4 | to replace her with Senator Mark Wayne Mullins. The Oklahoma Republican spoke to reporters |
| 0:34.9 | outside of the Capitol shortly after the announcement was made today. |
| 0:38.5 | I am super excited about this opportunity. It came at a, not a complete surprise, but it came |
| 0:44.8 | at a little bit of surprise for us. And so the president and I, as you guys know, were great friends, |
| 0:49.9 | and we get along great. I look forward to working with him in his cabinet. Of course, |
| 0:53.0 | we still got to go to this little thing called confirmation. |
| 0:55.2 | Nome's face growing criticism after contentious congressional hearings over immigration enforcement and department leadership. |
| 1:02.8 | House Democratic leader, Hakeem Jeffrey, says removing Nome is a step toward fixing what he calls a broken department. |
| 1:08.9 | They had a corrupt political hack who was running DHS. Shame on |
| 1:12.9 | every Republican senator who put her in that position when they knew she was unqualified. |
| 1:18.3 | Senator Mullen will take over as Homeland Security Secretary on March 31st. He'll need Senate |
| 1:23.9 | confirmation to serve in the role permanently. Noam is expected to move into a newly |
| 1:29.0 | created administration role focused on a security initiative called Shield of the Americas. President |
| 1:35.9 | Trump says he wants to play a direct role in choosing the next leader of Iran, similar to the |
| 1:42.5 | approach he took with Venezuela. NPR's Danielle Kirdsleben reports. |
| 1:46.9 | One potential successor to the former Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Hamenei, is his son, |
| 1:51.9 | Mostaba Hamenei. But Trump firmly opposes that choice, telling Axios, quote, |
| 1:57.1 | They are wasting their time. Hamenei's son is a lightweight. I have to be involved in the appointment, like with Delci and Venezuela. |
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