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Chao ran the Labor Department under the George W. Bush administration. She met with the president-elect at Trump Tower last week to discuss labor and transportation policy, according to Trump’s transition team.
The wife of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Chao is the first Asian-American woman to hold a Cabinet-level position. She also served as deputy secretary of transportation under President George H.W. Bush. Chao was also a member of Trump’s Asian Pacific American Advisory Council during the campaign.
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Elaine Chao to be Trump's transportation secretary https://t.co/lZWZEnOI5y pic.twitter.com/MIqb4R7OW6
— POLITICO (@politico) November 29, 2016
Elaine Chao will, amazingly, be the SECOND person to have been Sec of Labor, Sec of Transportation and married to Senate majority leader
— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) November 29, 2016
The Chao pick shows the influence that @heritage is having on the transition. She's very close to the org, a fellow pre- and post-Bush DOL
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) November 29, 2016
Trump Picks Mitch McConnell’s Wife, Elaine Chao, to Run Transportation. She Knows How to Gut the Left. https://t.co/wPGXiAJV9m pic.twitter.com/yeQdmCwPRo
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) November 29, 2016
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