Obama picks his first Asian American deputy secretary of cabinet department (original) (raw)

Chris Lu, who was White House cabinet secretary during President Obama’s first term, is going to be nominated to be deputy secretary of Labor, the White House announced Wednesday, making him the first Asian American to be nominated to a deputy secretaryship during this administration.

If confirmed, Lu would replace deputy secretary Seth Harris, who had been in that position since 2009. He did a six-month stint as acting secretary earlier this year. He’s leaving next week for a teaching gig at Cornell.