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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHomeland Security Oversight testimony on C-Span, live now.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?439257-1/homeland-security-secretary-kirstjen-nielsen-faces-questions-daca&liveView-on-demand when it's available.
11:25 -- Dick Durbin is on right now.
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Homeland Security Oversight testimony on C-Span, live now. (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Jan 2018
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'I did not hear that word used': DHS Secretary Nielsen responds when asked about Trump.
mahatmakanejeeves
Jan 2018
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rso
(2,272 posts)1. Homeland Security Hearing
Sec. Nielsen is of course another trump sycophant, but she seems very sharp and on top of issues, especially given her very short time on the job. Glad to see that Sen. Leahy pushed her repeatedly on trumps promise that Mexico will pay for the wall, for which of course she had no answer. Looking forward to Sen. Durbins inquiries.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,488 posts)2. 'I did not hear that word used': DHS Secretary Nielsen responds when asked about Trump.
So this DHS hearing is going well
Link to tweet
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I did not hear that word used: DHS Secretary Nielsen responds when asked about Trumps vulgar comments
By Ed O'Keefe and Nick Miroff January 16 at 11:18 AM
Homeland Security Secretary Kristjen Nielsen confirmed that President Trump used tough language in an Oval Office meeting last week over immigration policy, but she said she did not hear him describe some African countries and Haiti as shithole countries, as has been reported.
Nielsen confirmed Trumps tone while testifying under oath to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday morning. Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) asked Nielsen whether Trump had used the vulgarity to describe the countries or a substantially similar word.
I did not hear that word used, Nielsen told members of the committee.
When Leahy asked again, Nielsen said, The conversation was very impassioned. I dont dispute that the president was using tough language. Others in the room were also using tough language. ... The president used tough language in general, as did other congressmen in the room, yes sir, she said later, when Leahy pressed her again.
....
Mike DeBonis and Sean Sullivan contributed to this report.
Read more at PowerPost
Ed OKeefe has covered Congress and national politics since 2008. Follow @edatpost
Nick Miroff covers drug trafficking, border security and transnational crime on The Posts National Security desk. He was a Post foreign correspondent in Latin America from 2010 to 2017, and has been a staff writer since 2006. Follow @NickMiroff
I did not hear that word used: DHS Secretary Nielsen responds when asked about Trumps vulgar comments
By Ed O'Keefe and Nick Miroff January 16 at 11:18 AM
Homeland Security Secretary Kristjen Nielsen confirmed that President Trump used tough language in an Oval Office meeting last week over immigration policy, but she said she did not hear him describe some African countries and Haiti as shithole countries, as has been reported.
Nielsen confirmed Trumps tone while testifying under oath to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday morning. Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) asked Nielsen whether Trump had used the vulgarity to describe the countries or a substantially similar word.
I did not hear that word used, Nielsen told members of the committee.
When Leahy asked again, Nielsen said, The conversation was very impassioned. I dont dispute that the president was using tough language. Others in the room were also using tough language. ... The president used tough language in general, as did other congressmen in the room, yes sir, she said later, when Leahy pressed her again.
....
Mike DeBonis and Sean Sullivan contributed to this report.
Read more at PowerPost
Ed OKeefe has covered Congress and national politics since 2008. Follow @edatpost
Nick Miroff covers drug trafficking, border security and transnational crime on The Posts National Security desk. He was a Post foreign correspondent in Latin America from 2010 to 2017, and has been a staff writer since 2006. Follow @NickMiroff
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,488 posts)3. View-on-demand link: