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Elaine Chao
Elaine Chao, the wife of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has served as transportation secretary under President Donald Trump since January 2017. She served as secretary of labor from 2001 to 2009 under President George W. Bush.