Bush Selects Nominees for Labor and Trade

Bush Selects Nominees for Labor and Trade

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President-elect Bush chose Elaine Chao, a former Peace Corps director and the wife of a Republican senator, to become secretary of labor Thursday, filling the Cabinet post two days after his first nominee withdrew under fire.

Chao was born in 1953 in China and came to the United States at the age of 8.

Bush also named Robert Zoellick, who served in the state and treasury departments of earlier Republican administrations, to become U.S. trade representative with Cabinet rank.

Bush said he expects tough questioning when his Cabinet nominees appear before Senate hearings, and he also expects them all to be confirmed.


Bush Selects Nominees for Labor and Trade

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