Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 3, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Long before she took the job as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), former South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem was the target of a smear campaign that seemingly attacked even her choice of breakfast cereal (oatmeal with berries).
Duggan Flanakin
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Duggan Flanakin is a senior policy analyst at the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow who writes on a wide variety of public policy issues.
