Harold Ford An Unlikely Pick For Commerce

By Kleinheider Posted on February 23, 2009 at 4:23 pm

Because the AP says someone else has been chosen:

Former Washington Gov. Gary Locke is President Obama’s latest choice (#3) to head the Commerce Department, a senior administration official tells The Associated Press.

That would make Locke the second high-ranking Asian American in the Obama administration; the other is Energy Secretary Steven Chu. When elected in 1996, Locke became the first Chinese-American governor. He served two terms, which ended in 2005.

Junior had previously been bandied about as a possible pick for the cabinet position.

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