Conservatives press for business champion at Commerce Department
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Conservatives hope that President-elect Joe Biden will choose a commerce secretary from the ranks of America’s big business leaders to rebuild relationships that frayed under President Trump.
The post is one of the last remaining slots to be filled in Biden’s Cabinet and one of the last chances for him to signal a bipartisan approach by selecting a Republican.
Meg Whitman, former chief executive of Hewlett Packard and a Republican candidate for California governor in 2010 who endorsed Biden this year, is among the names in the frame.