'''Elaine Chao''' (born March 26, 1953; an immigrant from Taiwan who arrived in America at age 8) is the 18th United States [[Secretary of Transportation]] under U.S. President [[Donald Trump]]. She was the [[Secretary of Labor]] in the cabinet of the [[Bush]] administration. She is the first Asian-American woman to be appointed to a U.S. Cabinet position. From 1996 to her appointment in 2001, she was a Distinguished Fellow at the [[Heritage Foundation]], and from 1992 to 1996, she was president of the United Way of America. She is married to Republican Senate majority leader [[Mitch McConnell]] of [[Kentucky]]. | '''Elaine Chao''' (born March 26, 1953; an immigrant from Taiwan who arrived in America at age 8) is the 18th United States [[Secretary of Transportation]] under U.S. President [[Donald Trump]]. She was the [[Secretary of Labor]] in the cabinet of the [[Bush]] administration. She is the first Asian-American woman to be appointed to a U.S. Cabinet position. From 1996 to her appointment in 2001, she was a Distinguished Fellow at the [[Heritage Foundation]], and from 1992 to 1996, she was president of the United Way of America. She is married to Republican Senate majority leader [[Mitch McConnell]] of [[Kentucky]]. |