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Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx will reportedly be tapped by Obama as the next secretary of the Department of Transportation.
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1. CHARLOTTE MAYOR TO GET TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY NOD

President Obama plans to nominate Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx on Monday to replace Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. Foxx was the first Democrat in 22 years to win the mayor's office in his city, a swing-state hub that hosted last year's Democratic convention. Foxx has been hailed as one of his party's rising stars, and, as an African-American, he will help address complaints over what some have called a lack of diversity in Obama's second-term cabinet. [Politico]

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