“You want me to go swimming?” His Homeland Security secretary, KRISTI NOEM, had a very different approach: She was on the water first thing Thursday morning with the Coast Guard, which had ...

Noem's full name is Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem and she was born in 1971 in Watertown, in east central South Dakota. The city is ...

Following lawmakers' approval Saturday, officials tapped two-term South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to be America's new Secretary of Homeland Security. Noem, 53, earned the needed number of votes from ...