Senate Confirms Howard Lutnick as Commerce Secretary
Role Crucial to Trump’s Trade Policies
Lutnick testifies during a Senate Commerce Committee hearing Jan. 29. (Rod Lamkey Jr./Associated Press)
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WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed wealthy financier Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary Feb. 18, putting in place a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump’s hardline trade polices.
At the Commerce Department, Lutnick, who was CEO at the investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald, will oversee 50,000 employees who do everything from collecting economic statistics to running the census to issuing weather reports. But he’s likely to spend a lot of time — along with Jamieson Greer, Trump’s n…
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