John Kelly, the retired Marine general who most recently was the head of U.S. Southern Command, is Donald Trump’s selection for Secretary of Homeland Security. CBS News reports:
Kelly is the third general tapped by the president-elect, joining Gen. James Mattis, Mr. Trump’s pick to become the next secretary of Defense, and Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Mr. Trump’s incoming national security advisor. Like Mattis, Kelly is a Marine with a reputation for bluntness. Kelly was the commander of U.S. Southern Command until earlier this year. In that posting, he oversaw American military operations in South America and Central America. Before that, he commanded American forces numerous times in Iraq, and spent a year as the top Marine in that country. He then was an aide to defense secretaries Leon Panetta and Robert Gates.
Read more about Kelly from this 2015 profile in THE WEEKLY STANDARD on the occasion of his retirement.
