The Senate voted Monday to confirm Markwayne Mullin to lead the Department of Homeland Security.

Axar.az informs, citing NBC news, he vote to confirm Mullin, a Republican senator from Oklahoma, as the head of DHS was 54-45.

Mullin, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill, takes the reins at DHS during a volatile time for the agency.

He replaces Secretary Kristi Noem, his former House colleague, whom Trump fired about six weeks after DHS agents shot and killed two American citizens during immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis.

It should be noted that on January 4 of this year, a U.S. delegation visited Baku. The delegation included U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin, a Republican from Oklahoma and a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.