Donald Trump Picks Elaine Chao as Transportation Secretary

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Elaine Chao to be his transportation secretary. The 63-year-old Asian American served as secretary of labor under President George W. Bush.

Ms. Chao, who is married to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, would join South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, tapped for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and charter-school advocate Betsy DeVos, picked for education secretary, as women named to top roles in the Trump administration.

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