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New White House chief of staff assures attorney general his job is safe

EghtesadOnline: New White House Chief of Staff John Kelly told Attorney General Jeff Sessions last weekend that his job was safe after Sessions endured several weeks of sharp public criticism from President Donald Trump, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday.
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Publish Date:03/August/2017 | 14:19

Trump Hits Reset Button by Ousting Priebus After Rough Week

EghtesadOnline: Donald Trump endured in a single week the kind of policy disarray, legislative failure and vulgar White House staff infighting that might take a full term for any other president to accumulate.
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Publish Date:30/July/2017 | 05:02

Expansion of ban on larger electronics on airlines likely: U.S.

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Homeland Security chief John Kelly has not made a final decision on extending a ban on larger electronic devices on airplanes, but the department still believes an expansion is likely, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
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Publish Date:17/May/2017 | 08:31

U.S. and Europe to Hold Talks on Broadening Airline Laptop Ban

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly will meet with European Commission officials in Brussels next week to discuss prohibiting passengers bound for America from carrying laptops and other electronic devices in airliner cabins.
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Publish Date:14/May/2017 | 03:50

Mattis, Kelly Confirmed as Fight Over Trump Cabinet Heats Up

EghtesadOnline: The Senate confirmed James Mattis as defense secretary and John Kelly to run the Homeland Security Department as Democrats balked at Republicans’ demand to also install the CIA director on President Donald Trump’s first day in office.
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Publish Date:21/January/2017 | 04:40

New Chief of Staff Reins in White House Aides-and Trump's Tweets

EghtesadOnline: On his fifth day on the job as Donald Trump’s new chief of staff, John Kelly gathered about 200 White House aides for a meeting where he spelled out in blunt terms the way things are going to work in the West Wing he now oversees.
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Publish Date:06/August/2017 | 15:22

Trump Ousts Scaramucci in Latest White House Shakeup

EghtesadOnline: Anthony Scaramucci was removed from his new job as White House communications director on John Kelly ’s first day as chief of staff, just 10 days after the financier joined President Donald Trump’s staff.
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Publish Date:01/August/2017 | 05:19

Laptop Ban May Expand to All International Flights, Kelly Says

EghtesadOnline: Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said he may ban laptop computers in the cabins of all international flights into and out of the U.S. amid continuing terrorist threats to bring down airplanes, but that a final decision hadn’t been made.
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Publish Date:29/May/2017 | 04:51

New U.S. travel ban to spare green card holders: Trump official

EghtesadOnline: A new version of a Trump administration travel ban will not stop green card residency holders or travelers already on planes from entering the United States, U.S. Secretary for Homeland Security John Kelly said on Saturday.
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Publish Date:19/February/2017 | 04:54

Some nations affected by U.S. immigration order may stay on list

EghtesadOnline: Nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries temporarily barred from the United States by President Donald Trump's executive order may be blocked indefinitely, and others might be added to the list, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said on Tuesday.
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Publish Date:01/February/2017 | 05:30

Homeland Security Chief Pushes Back on Handling of Travel Ban

EghtesadOnline: Homeland Security chief John Kelly rebutted criticism that his department didn’t know President Donald Trump’s order suspending entry by people from seven nations was coming until it was signed and said his team quickly ensured foreign residents of the U.S. were exempt from the policy.
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Publish Date:01/February/2017 | 05:00

Kelly Says Green Card Holders Won’t Be Stopped by Travel Ban

EghtesadOnline: Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said green-card holders from the predominantly Muslim Middle East countries covered by an executive order on travel won’t be stopped from returning to the U.S., as criticism mounted over President Donald Trump’s action.
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Publish Date:30/January/2017 | 05:19