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| Trump cabinet: Ben Carson nominated for housing secretary | Trump cabinet: Ben Carson nominated for housing secretary |
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| US President-elect Donald Trump has named Ben Carson, his former rival for the Republican nomination, as secretary of housing and urban development. | US President-elect Donald Trump has named Ben Carson, his former rival for the Republican nomination, as secretary of housing and urban development. |
| "Ben Carson has a brilliant mind and is passionate about strengthening communities", the president-elect said in a statement, adding that the two had discussed his "urban renewal agenda". | "Ben Carson has a brilliant mind and is passionate about strengthening communities", the president-elect said in a statement, adding that the two had discussed his "urban renewal agenda". |
| Mr Carson is the first African-American to be nominated for Mr Trump's cabinet. | Mr Carson is the first African-American to be nominated for Mr Trump's cabinet. |
| He endorsed Mr Trump in March after ending his own bid for the White House. | He endorsed Mr Trump in March after ending his own bid for the White House. |
| "Ben shares my optimism about the future of our country and is part of ensuring that this is a presidency representing all Americans,'' the statement from Mr Trump said. | "Ben shares my optimism about the future of our country and is part of ensuring that this is a presidency representing all Americans,'' the statement from Mr Trump said. |
| But Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi criticised the nomination of Mr Carson, a retired neurosurgeon, calling him a "disconcerting and disturbingly unqualified choice to lead a department as complex and consequential as housing and urban development". | |
| The agency has an annual budget of about $50bn (£40bn). | |
| Mr Trump has not always been so positive about the man he has chosen to join his administration. | |
| In November 2015, when Mr Carson briefly overtook him in the polls for the Republican nomination, Mr Trump launched sustained attacks on his rival's character. | |
| In one tweet, he brought together three of Mr Carson's most controversial statements, bringing up Mr Carson's own admissions about his violent behaviour growing up in a poor family in Detroit. | |
| Mr Carson has since reiterated statements about his teenage years first made in his autobiography, in which he admitted to wanting to hit his mother on the head with a hammer and to trying to stab a friend. | |
| His assertion that the Egyptian pyramids were not built to entomb pharaohs but instead by the Biblical figure Joseph to store grain were widely ridiculed when they emerged in November. | |
| Mr Carson is a devout Protestant Christian who is a member of the Seventh Day Adventist church. | |
| Cabinet appointments need to be confirmed by the US Senate. | Cabinet appointments need to be confirmed by the US Senate. |
| There are still major cabinet positions yet to be announced, including the next secretary of state. | There are still major cabinet positions yet to be announced, including the next secretary of state. |
| As well as his top team, the president-elect has about 4,000 government positions to fill. | As well as his top team, the president-elect has about 4,000 government positions to fill. |
| More on Trump preparing for White House | More on Trump preparing for White House |
| Trump's presidential cabinet takes shape | Trump's presidential cabinet takes shape |
| The people around Donald Trump | The people around Donald Trump |
| Can Donald Trump get what he wants? | Can Donald Trump get what he wants? |
| The Trump resistance movement | The Trump resistance movement |
| Can Trump outlaw gay marriage? | Can Trump outlaw gay marriage? |