WASHINGTON—President Biden said Tuesday he would nominate Julie Su, the No. 2 official at the Labor Department, to lead the agency, maintaining continuity within a department that played a prominent role in averting a rail strike last year.
Ms. Su, the current deputy secretary, was widely seen as the leading candidate to succeed departing Secretary Marty Walsh. Asian-American lawmakers and advocacy groups threw their support behind her, lobbying Mr. Biden to tap his first Asian-American cabinet secretary. Ms. Su, age 54, is Chinese-American.
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