Trump picks more for posts in 2nd term
WASHINGTON — US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped billionaire professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon to be secretary of the Education Department. He also selected Mehmet Oz, a former television talk show host and heart surgeon, to head the agency that oversees health insurance programs for millions of older, poor and disabled US citizens, and named Wall Street executive Howard Lutnick to lead the Commerce Department.
McMahon led the Small Business Administration during Trump's initial term from 2017 to 2019. She served on the Connecticut Board of Education for a year starting in 2009 and has spent years on the board of trustees for Sacred Heart University in Connecticut.
"Linda will use her decades of leadership experience, and deep understanding of both education and business, to empower the next generation of American students and workers," Trump said.