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Trump Picks Elaine Chao for Transportation Secretary

HeadlineNov 30, 2016

Meanwhile, Donald Trump has picked George W. Bush’s former labor secretary, Elaine Chao, to be transportation secretary. Chao is the wife of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and immigrated to the U.S. from Taiwan when she was eight years old. She’s been a fixture in Washington, D.C., for more than 20 years. Trump also named Seema Verma to be administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Verma has worked closely with Vice President-elect Mike Pence, and her health policy firm helped design Indiana’s Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. Trump has still not announced his pick for secretary of state, although he did dine with former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney Tuesday night in New York City. Other possible candidates for secretary of state include former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, retired General David Petraeus and former United States Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton.

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