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Homeland Security

Trump Adds Two Members To DHS Landing Team

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, November 29th, 2016

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Trump Adds Two Members To DHS Landing Team

Katharine Gorka, president of the Council on Global Security. Photo: Council on Global Security

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday added former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official Thomas DiNanno and Katharine Gorka, president of the national security organization Council on Global Security, to his transition landing team at DHS.DiNanno and Gorka join Heritage Foundation defense and security expert James Carafano and Michael Dougherty, CEO of the industry trade association Security Identity & Biometrics Association, on the DHS landing team.DiNanno is currently senior fellow for Homeland Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection at the International Assessment…

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