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Trump picks Elaine Chao for Transportation secretary

Posted at 11:09 AM, Nov 29, 2016
and last updated 2016-11-29 11:09:25-05

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Elaine Chao, the former Labor secretary and wife of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, to be his choice for Transportation secretary, an official briefed on the matter told CNN on Tuesday.

The announcement is expected to come this afternoon.