TRUMP PICKS ELAINE L. CHAO FOR TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY
January 7, 2017
On November 29, 2016, President-elect Donald Trump selected former labor secretary Elaine L. Chao to serve as his administration’s Secretary of Transportation. Chao is a former Cabinet member and the wife of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
In 2001 Chao became the first Asian American woman to be named to a Cabinet post and went on to head the Labor Department under George W. Bush for eight years. Before entering government service, Chao served as a vice president of Bank of America and as an international banker at Citicorp. After departing the Bush administration, Chao served as a fellow at the Heritage Foundation and also as a contributor to Fox News. Chao also has a background in aviation, as she was a director at pre-merger Northwest Airlines before the airline was acquired by Delta.
Chao is expected to play a critical role in the administration if the President-elect follows through on his campaign promise to invest $1 trillion in restoring bridges, roadways and transit systems over the next 10 years.
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