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Trump says Chad Wolf to be next acting DHS secretary

By JILL COLVIN and COL- ministration's most chal-
LEEN LONG lenging immigration issues
Associated Press but left as her chief of staff
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- to take on another role
dent Donald Trump on within Homeland Security
Friday said Chad Wolf, a before she resigned in April.
longtime Homeland Secu- He was nominated earlier
rity official, would be the this year to a Senate-con-
new acting head of the firmed position as Under
department, the fifth per- Secretary of the depart-
son in the job for this admin- ment's Office of Strategy,
istration. But Trump's casual Policy and Plans. That nom-
announcement, made in ination has not been yet
response to a reporter's confirmed. He is described
question outside the White by some colleagues as a
House, temporarily creat- knowledgeable and widely
ed more uncertainty about respected member of the
who was in charge of the department who can carry
sprawling department. on the president's agenda.
There have been weeks But he was not initially dis-
of speculation over whom cussed as a successor.
would be named the next For weeks, various factions
leader, and Kevin McA- In this Oct. 29, 2019 photo, Department of Homeland Security Under Secretary Chad Wolf speaks have been looking for legal
leenan, the current act- during a meeting of the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking blocks and workarounds as
ing secretary, has agreed in Persons (PITF), in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, on the White House complex in they sparred over who was
to stay on temporar- Washington. eligible to succeed McA-
ily. The department initially Associated Press leenan. Federal vacancy
wouldn't confirm Wolf was spokesman Hogan Gid- elevation of Wolf, who has out U.S. immigration poli- rules that place restrictions
next in line, saying only ley later clarified. "As the served in Democratic and cies. on the position had been
that McAleenan was act- president has said, Kevin Republican administra- Wolf was chief of staff thought to bar immigration
ing secretary. When a re- McAleenan has done a tions, is likely to disappoint to former DHS Secretary hardliner Ken Cuccinelli,
porter asked Trump directly tremendous job. He'll be immigration hardliners and Kirstjen Nielsen. He has currently the acting head
whether Wolf was to be leaving after Veterans' perhaps Trump himself. The been involved with the of U.S. Citizenship and Im-
the next DHS secretary, the Day and after he departs, White House had been try- 240,000-person depart- migration Services, and
president responded, "He's Chad Wolf will serve as act- ing to work around rules ment off and on since its Mark Morgan, the current
acting, and we'll see what ing secretary in the interim," that prevented Trump from creation following the Sept. acting commissioner of
happens." White House Gidley told reporters. The promoting several political 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. U.S. Customs and Border
allies to at least temporarily Wolf worked with Nielsen Protection, from taking the
run the agency that carries through many of the ad- job.q

Ivanka Trump to promote women's

prosperity in Morocco

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ivan-
ka Trump is getting ready
to promote her women's
economic development
program on an upcoming
trip to Morocco.
It will be her third overseas
trip this year to promote the
Women's Global Develop-
ment and Prosperity Initia-
tive , which was launched
in February to benefit wom-
en in developing countries.
President Donald Trump's
daughter and senior advis- Ivanka Trump speaks to open a meeting of the President's
Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in
er will visit the North African Persons (PITF), in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, on the
country in early November, White House complex, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, in Washington.
the White House said. Associated Press
In a statement to The Asso- support to the Moroccan the Millennium Challenge
ciated Press, Ivanka Trump government after it began Corp., an independent U.S.
said the kingdom of Mo- the process of amending its foreign aid agency that
rocco is a valued U.S. ally inheritance laws, which say provides grants to develop-
that has "taken strides" un- women should receive half ing countries to help pro-
der King Mohammed VI to as much as men. mote economic growth, re-
promote gender equality. Ivanka Trump will travel with duce poverty and strength-
In August, she tweeted her Sean Cairncross, CEO of en institutions.q