Contact Jordan LaPier Director (202) 495-3320 jlapier@ourpublicservice.org Nielsen resignation: Donald Trump’s Cabinet agencies are increasingly led by ‘acting’ secretaries July 23, 2019 The abrupt resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen underscored the challenge Trump has faced keeping a full Cabinet. Nielsen, who resigned Sunday, is the 15th member of Trump’s Cabinet to step down from a job.
