Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Treasury, Commerce nominees confirm Trump nod

Financier Steve Mnuchin (mih-NOO-chin) and billionaire investor Wilbur Ross have confirmed to CNBC they are Donald Trump's nominees to be Treasury Secretary and Commerce Secretary, respectively.

The post of Secretary of State remains unfilled, despite a dinner between the president-elect and Mitt Romney, who ran for the White House in 2012.

Our U.S. correspondent Priscilla Huff reports:

IN: "Speaking for...
OUT:  SOC
DUR: 47
POT: 30 or 34


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