Republican Rep. Ray LaHood has been chosen as Barack Obama’s new Secretary of Transportation, reports ABC News.
“LaHood is the first registered Republican who would be joining the Obama administration, and just the second non-Democrat. Obama has tapped current Defense Secretary Robert Gates, a registered Independent who considers himself a Republican, to stay on in his current position.”
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