Trump Picks Haley for UN Envoy, DeVos for Education Post
- Latest selections add diversity to president-elect’s cabinet
- Trump said to offer post of housing secretary to Ben Carson
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Donald Trump plans to nominate South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley to be United Nations ambassador and Betsy DeVos, an advocate for school choice, to be secretary of education. He also has offered the post of housing secretary to former political rival Ben Carson.
Haley, 44, the daughter of Indian immigrants who was the first woman to be elected governor of South Carolina, was a prominent critic of Trump early in the Republican primary campaign and backed two of his rivals. But she gave her support after he became the Republican nominee even though she admitted she was “not a fan” of either Trump or Democratic Hillary Clinton.