Homeland Security repair job awaits Trump’s next pick, Oklahoma’s Mullin

By: Ariana Figueroa

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: March 13, 2026

Words: 1,532

Last Updated: 1 week ago

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WASHINGTON — If Oklahoma GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin is confirmed by the Senate to lead the Department of Homeland Security, he will take over an agency that has faced a weeks-long funding lapse, public blowback to its immigration enforcement strategy and a bottleneck of disaster relief awards left by his predecessor that drew bipartisan ire.

Additionally, if the United States remains at war with Iran, he’d oversee monitoring for security threats. That is a task …

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