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The Latest: Kelly says he wishes order had been delayed

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, to testify before the House Homeland Security Committee hearing on border security. This is Kelly's first public appearance before lawmakers who are sure to press him for details about the Trump administration's contentious rollout of a travel and refugee ban. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, to testify before the House Homeland Security Committee hearing on border security. This is Kelly's first public appearance before lawmakers who are sure to press him for details about the Trump administration's contentious rollout of a travel and refugee ban. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, to testify before the House Homeland Security Committee hearing on border security. This is Kelly's first public appearance before lawmakers who are sure to press him for details about the Trump administration's contentious rollout of a travel and refugee ban. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

By Associated Press 2 min read

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly’s appearance before a congressional committee (all times local):

10:50 a.m.

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly says he wishes that the rollout of President Donald Trump’s travel ban had been delayed until he had a chance to prepare lawmakers for what was coming.

Kelly’s comment was the most direct acknowledgment by a high-level administration official that the rollout of Trump’s executive order had been mishandled.

Kelly was speaking Tuesday at a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing examining the order, which temporarily stopped entry to the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority nations and also temporarily bars the admission of refugees. A court has blocked the order, but the administration is appealing.