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to know for Wednesday, November 20th.

President-elect Donald Trump continues to announce his administration choices, but we're waiting to hear who he'll pick as his Treasury Secretary. An announcement could be coming as soon as today,

and CNN's Kristen Holmes says there are still several candidates. All of them have met with Donald Trump and the transition team, and I am told no decisions

have been made.

However, they are hoping to get this out as quickly as possible, specifically given that so many

of Donald Trump's policies on day one that he has said are related to the economy.

So we'll see if they're able to make that goal of Wednesday night.

They are obviously trying to tick through a number of these cabinet positions as we inch through

this transition process. Trump has announced that former pro wrestling executive Linda McMahon

is his pick for education

secretary. She was part of his first administration, and he's setting her up to lead a department

he's promised to abolish. In another major policy shift, the Biden administration has approved

sending anti-personnel mines to Ukraine for the first time.

The decision comes just days after the U.S. gave Ukraine permission to fire longer-range U.S.

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