Trump names Carson as housing secretary
This file photo taken on March 11, 2016 shows Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shaking hands with former presidential candidate Ben Carson as he receives his endorsement at the Mar-A-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo: AFP)
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December 4, 2016

Trump names Carson as housing secretary

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday nominated Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon who challenged him for the Republican nomination, to be secretary of housing and urban development.

“Ben Carson has a brilliant mind and is passionate about strengthening communities and families within those communities,” Trump said in a statement.

“We have talked at length about my urban renewal agenda and our message of economic revival, very much including our inner cities.”

Carson is the first African-American nominated to Trump’s team.

Carson had hinted late last month that he was in line for the job of helping turning around America’s troubled inner cities.

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