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President-Elect Trump Selects DeVos For Education Secretary

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has announced that he intends to appoint Elisabeth “Betsy” DeVos as the secretary of education.

DeVos is a philanthropist from West Michigan and the head of the group American Federation for Children, a conservative think tank focused on education.

NPR’s Eric Westervelt ( @Ericnpr) joins Here & Now to discuss.

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