country. and now she's able to get to work representing our nation as our nation's top diplomat. in just a few minutes the president will be departing the white house to visit the department of homeland security. he will attend the swearing in of secretary kelly, but then be briefed by fema on the storm relief efforts in the southeast and conduct other related business with specific to keeping our nation safe. secretary kelly has dedicated his life to protecting our country, enlisting in the marine corps in 1970, commanding at every level from platoon commander through the corp. level and combat and command. he has a sincere commitment to fighting the threat of terrorism inside of our country and ending the dangerous flow of illegal imgrabi immigrants through our borders. the president is looking forward to working with secretary kelly to implement his plans to restore our borders and protect our country. for everyone keeping score at home, this brings us up to four total confirmations of our cabinet or cabinet level appointees, and as a reminder, the obama administration had 12 done at the end of their first