Trump picks first women for cabinet

Republican US President-elect Donald Trump today named the first women to his team of top officials: South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley for UN ambassador, and school choice advocate Betsy DeVos for education secretary.

Trump intends to nominate billionaire philanthropist Betsy DeVos for education secretary.

“Betsy DeVos is a brilliant and passionate education advocate,” Trump said in a statement. “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.”

Hours earlier, Trump had announced that he will fill the US ambassador to the United Nations slot with South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, a rising Republican star and daughter of Indian immigrants.

DeVos tweeted that she is “honored to work with the President-elect on his vision to make American education great again. The status quo in ed is not acceptable.”