As she’s an alumni of Virginia School of Law .. here’s their take.
https://news.virginia.edu/content/law-school-graduate-tapped-lead-homeland-security
Kirstjen Michele Nielsen, a 1999 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, will be nominated as the next secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the White House said Wednesday.
Nielsen would be the second graduate of the Law School to hold the cabinet post, which was created in 2001 in response to the Sept. 11 attacks. The first was Janet Napolitano, now president of the University of California, who served from 2009 to 2013.
Nielsen is a cybersecurity expert who, pending confirmation, will leave her current position as a White House deputy chief of staff under John F. Kelly – the previous secretary of Homeland Security. She served as his second-in-command there as well, in the chief of staff role.
