Noem's New Role: US Envoy to Shield of the Americas

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Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Nome is wrapping up her tour of Western Hemisphere

countries as the new U.S. envoy to the shield of the Americas, a coalition fighting drug

cartels.

President Trump fired her earlier this month, shifting her to this lower profile role

where she now reports to the Deputy Secretary of State.

She started the trip while still heading the department, flying on a government jet

to places like the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Costa Rica, Guyana, and Ecuador.

In Costa Rica on Monday, she signed an early deal for the country to take in some U.S. deportees

from other nations.

The shield of the Americas, launched on March 7th, pulling together mostly right-leaning

leaders from South America and Trump's push to tackle.

Cartels and strengthen U.S. way in the region.

Nome, a former South Dakota governor and Trump loyalist, got an order of merit from

Ecuador's president on Wednesday, traveling with her was longtime a Cory Lewandowski, whose

close relationship with Nome drew questions at a recent congressional hearing, though.

She brushed them off.

A State Department officials said he won't join their team.

Nome heads back to the United States later today, without ongoing access to the department's

aircraft, closing out her time in the spotlight for now.