Kristi Noem no longer serving as Trump envoy to Shield of the Americas

Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is nary longer serving arsenic the Trump administration's peculiar envoy for the Shield of the Americas initiative, a State Department authoritative said Thursday, though she remains progressive successful the administration's efforts to coordinate information practice crossed the Western Hemisphere.

"Kristi Noem's envoy presumption expired past period and she is nary longer successful the role," a State Department authoritative told CBS News Thursday. "She is present a elder advisor to Deputy Secretary Landau and continues to enactment connected the Shield of the Americas portfolio." 

The Shield of the Americas is simply a conjugation made up of the United States and respective Caribbean and Latin American countries established by the Trump medication earlier this twelvemonth to cooperate connected economical matters, anti-cartel enforcement and different issues.

Noem's envoy designation expired conscionable earlier the United Nations General Assembly past period successful New York, wherever she continued participating successful diplomatic meetings connected to the initiative. 

On Sept. 22, she met with Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, whose authorities publically identified her arsenic the peculiar envoy for the Shield of the Americas. She besides attended a gathering of Shield of the Americas leaders hosted by President Trump, wherever helium publically acknowledged her work. 

"I privation to convey Kristi Noem for doing a truly terrific job," Mr. Trump said during his remarks.

Noem was appointed peculiar envoy for the Shield of the Americas successful March, aft she was removed arsenic homeland information caput amid mounting scrutiny of her absorption of the department and the power of her adviser, Corey Lewandowski. 

Her modulation to the envoy relation coincided with a five-country circuit of Latin America and the Caribbean successful March, overmuch of which took spot arsenic she completed her tenure arsenic homeland information secretary. Lewandowski appeared successful photographs during those visits, though the State Department aboriginal clarified helium had nary ceremonial presumption astatine the department. 

Her nationalist activities successful the envoy relation look to person been limited, and included gathering Noboa successful Quito connected March 25, holding discussions with Ecuadorian and Colombian diplomats successful Washington successful September, and participating successful meetings with determination leaders connected the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. 

This communicative published first connected CBS News astatine 5:00 p.m. connected Oct. 15, 2026.