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Kristi Noem schooled online after South America gaffe: 'Buy these idiots a map'
When Homeland Security Cannot Find Central AmericaThe Slip Is the SymptomKristi Noem’s live-TV confusion over El Salvador and Costa Rica is being treated as a punchline, and it is one. But the real failure is larger than bad map reading. The source shows a former Department of Homeland Security secretary, now talking comfortably on friendly conservative television, unable to place two countries correctly while answering a question about America’s “best friend” in South America.That is not just an embarrassing flub. It is a reminder that the people handed institutional power are often selected…
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