Story highlights Nielsen is expected to follow John Kelly into the White HouseThe deputy position has been vacant for months(CNN) Incoming White House chief of staff John Kelly will likely keep a top aide as he settles into his new role. Kirstjen Nielsen, the chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security, is expected to become a new White House deputy chief of staff, following Kelly as he moves from his post as the department's secretary to the West Wing, an administration official told CNN on Saturday. "I am pleased to inform you that I have just named General/Secretary John F Kelly as White House Chief of Staff," Trump tweeted. Nielsen will be fulfilling a role that has been open since Katie Walsh left the White House in March after just two months on the job. Walsh followed Priebus into the administration after serving as his chief of staff when he was chairman of the Republican National Committee.

Source: CNN July 29, 2017 21:25 UTC