WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Mike Pence has sworn in President Donald Trump's nominees to run the Pentagon and the Homeland Security Department.
Retired Gen. James Mattis took the oath of office to be defense secretary. Retired Gen. John Kelly took the oath to be homeland security secretary.
They were sworn in Friday during a hastily arranged ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, where the vice president's suite of offices is located. The building is part of the White House campus.
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President Donald Trump has signed commissions for retired Gen. James Mattis to serve as defense secretary and retired Gen. John Kelly to serve as secretary of the Homeland Security Department.
Trump signed the commissions in the Oval Office on his first day in office as reporters watched.
Trump spokesman Sean Spicer says Vice President Mike Pence will soon deliver the oath of office to the two retired generals. The Senate confirmed their nominations earlier Friday.
