White House Chief of Staff John Kelly talks with Kirstjen Nielsen, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, as they depart the White House in Washington, U.S., October 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to remove Department of Homeland Security chief Kirstjen Nielsen and is considering replacing chief of staff John Kelly in another shakeup of his administration, a source close to the White House said.
Trump has been mulling removing Nielsen, a Kelly protege who became the secretary at Homeland Security when he left the job to become Trump's chief of staff, for a number of weeks, the source said.
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