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PALM BEACH, United States, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): US President-elect
Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he intends to nominate Betsy DeVos, a wealthy Republican campaigner for alternatives to public schools, as his education secretary.
DeVos is the second woman Trump has tapped to fill a cabinet
position. He earlier named South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley to be US ambassador to the United Nations.
DeVos is a Republican megadonor from Michigan who has been active in
promoting school choice, a movement that advocates the use of tax credits and vouchers to allow parents to opt out of the public school system.
“Under her leadership we will reform the US education system and
break the bureaucracy that is holding our children back so that we can deliver world-class education and school choice to all families,” Trump said.