New Homeland Security chief has worked across party lines

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Kirstjen Nielsen’s replacement as Homeland Security secretary was practicing law in California when hijacked jets struck the World Trade Center and Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. That night, he applied for a job with the FBI.
The U.S. Customs Service got to Kevin McAleenan first, and a series of promotions followed that culminated Sunday when President Donald Trump named the University of Chicago-trained lawyer to serve as acting Homeland Security secretary. Trump