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Biden to nominate Rhode Island governor Gina Raimondo for Commerce, Boston mayor Marty Walsh for Labour
Ms Gina Raimondo (left) is Rhode Island s first woman governor while Mr Marty Walsh was elected Boston mayor in 2013.PHOTOS: NYTIMES, REUTERS
PublishedJan 8, 2021, 9:52 am SGT
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Biden Picks Rhode Island Governor For Commerce, Boston Mayor For Labor - Sources
Presidentelect Joe Biden will nominate Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo as his Commerce Department secretary and former union official and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as Labor secretary, people familiar with the choices told Reuters on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON: President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo as his Commerce Department secretary and former union official and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as Labor secretary, people familiar with the choices told Reuters on Thursday.
The two Democrats will head sprawling agencies that will shape Biden’s agenda on climate change, technology, investment and the minimum wage and other workforce rules and policies.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo as his Commerce Department secretary and former union official and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as Labor secretary, his transition team said late on Thursday.
FILE PHOTO: Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo answers a phone call during the National Governors Association Summer Meeting in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S., July 15, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
The two Democrats will head sprawling agencies that will shape Biden’s agenda on climate change, technology, investment, the minimum wage and other workforce rules and policies.
Together with other top officials, they will “usher in a new wave of worker power, help struggling small businesses recover and re-open, and put Americans back to work by creating millions of good-paying union jobs,” the transition team said.