President-elect Trump has selected South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), according to a source familiar with the decision.

Noem was first floated as a possible running mate for Trump, but her consideration fizzled after the release of her biography, in which she described killing a dog that was “untrainable.”

Instead, the Republican governor will be tapped to lead the sprawling agency tasked with protecting the U.S from terror threats, securing the borders and enforcing U.S. immigration law. Trump has also tasked DHS with carrying out the “largest deportation operation in American history.”

The pick of Noem to lead DHS is the latest sign of Trump's intention to take a hard line on........

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