Roundup: Noem Confirmation Hearing; Laken Riley Act
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🗓️ 17 January 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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| 0:24.4 | Hey, NPR Politics Podcast. This is Asher from the American School of Guadalajara in Mexico. |
| 0:30.6 | I'm sitting in my AP U.S. history class, getting ready for the opening ceremony of the |
| 0:35.3 | Guadalajara Model UN conference. |
| 0:43.4 | This show was recorded at 12.12 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, January 17th. |
| 0:48.2 | Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but I will be precariously representing Russia in the Security Council. Okay, here's the show. |
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| 1:01.4 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Tamara Keith. I cover the White House. |
| 1:06.6 | I'm Huma Bustio, and I cover immigration policy. I'm Deirdre Walsh. I cover Congress. |
| 1:10.9 | And today on the pod, Christy Knoem of South Dakota is president-elect Donald Trump's pick to run the Department of Homeland Security. |
| 1:18.3 | And she faced senators today. |
| 1:20.1 | Hemena briefly, tell us who Nome is and why Trump picked her. |
| 1:24.9 | Nome is the current governor of South Dakota. |
| 1:27.1 | She's in her second term and really not |
| 1:29.8 | new to Washington. She was South Dakota's at-large representative serving in Congress. And Trump picked |
| 1:36.0 | her because she has been a longtime ally of his. You know, if confirmed, her role would particularly |
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