Biden health pick Rachel Levine set to become first trans Senate confirmee
by Ankita Rao from US news | The Guardian on (#5D15W)
- Biden nominates Levine for assistant health secretary role
- President-elect hails historic and deeply qualified choice'
Joe Biden has chosen Rachel Levine, Pennsylvania's health secretary, as his assistant secretary of health. Levine would be the first ever openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the US Senate.
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