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Elaine Chao is officially the new U.S. Secretary of Transportation

January 31, 2017
Darrell Etherington

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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 11: Elaine Chao arrives for her confirmation hearing to be the next U.S. secretary of transportation before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill January 11, 2017 in Washington, DC. The wife of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Chao, who has previously served as secretary of the Labor Department, was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao received the confirmation of the full Senate on Tuesday. That’s the last hurdle for Chao, who now becomes the head of the Department of Transportation, replacing the outgoing Secretary Anthony Foxx, who was nominated by Barack Obama in 2013 and served until Trump’s inauguration on January 20. Chao served as… Read More