Mullin pledges to ‘protect everybody’ as he takes over Department of Homeland Security

By: Ashley Murray

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: March 24, 2026

Words: 615

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump hailed his new Homeland Security head, former U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin, as “strong, professional and fair” during an Oval Office swearing-in ceremony Tuesday.

Mullin, who until Monday was one of Oklahoma’s Republican senators, takes the reins at the Department of Homeland Security amid a weekslong partial shutdown in the aftermath of two high-profile fatal shootings of U.S. citizens by two departmental agencies.

Mullin, accompanied by family at the Oval Office ceremony, described …

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