President Donald Trump wasted little time in naming R. AlexanderAcosta on Thursday as his new Labor secretary nominee to replace AndrewPuzder, who withdrew from the nomination onWednesday.
Acosta, the only son of Cuban immigrants, is law deanat the public Florida International University in Miami as well asa veteran Republican administrator, serving as assistant attorneyfeneral for civil rights and U.S. attorney in Miami.
Trump noted in a Thursday afternoon press conference Acosta'sdegrees from Harvard College and Harvard Law School as well as hisservice as a former clerk to Justice Samuel A. Alito of the SupremeCourt, adding that he's had “a tremendous career.”
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