{"id":274585,"date":"2016-12-05T16:27:08","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T16:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=274585"},"modified":"2016-12-05T16:27:08","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T16:27:08","slug":"trump-cabinet-ben-carson-nominated-for-housing-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/12\/trump-cabinet-ben-carson-nominated-for-housing-secretary\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump cabinet: Ben Carson nominated for housing secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"
US President-elect Donald Trump has named Ben Carson, his former rival for the Republican nomination, as secretary of housing and urban development.<\/p>\n
“Ben Carson has a brilliant mind and is passionate about strengthening communities”, the president-elect said in a statement, adding that the two had discussed his “urban renewal agenda”.<\/p>\n
Mr Carson is the first African-American to be nominated for Mr Trump’s cabinet.<\/p>\n
He endorsed Mr Trump in March after ending his own bid for the White House.<\/p>\n
“Ben shares my optimism about the future of our country and is part of ensuring that this is a presidency representing all Americans,” the statement from Mr Trump said.<\/p>\n
Cabinet appointments need to be confirmed by the US Senate.<\/p>\n
There are still major cabinet positions yet to be announced, including the next secretary of state.<\/p>\n
As well as his top team, the president-elect has about 4,000 government positions to fill.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
US President-elect Donald Trump has named Ben Carson, his former rival for the Republican nomination, as secretary of housing and urban development. “Ben Carson has a brilliant mind and is passionate about strengthening communities”, the president-elect said in a statement, adding that the two had discussed his “urban renewal agenda”. Mr Carson is the first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n