January 12, 2009: Shipping Digest "Illinois Congressman is Surprise Choice to Head DOT"
Submitted by VHSR on January 12, 2009 - 3:00am.
Rail News
There was little on Ray LaHood’s schedule on Dec. 16 to indicate he might be the next U.S. transportation secretary. The soon-to-be-ex-congressman and former social studies teacher spent the morning with seventh-grade students at Dunlap Valley Middle School near Peoria, Ill. Local reporters quizzed him on whether he would seek President-elect Obama’s Senate seat, or run to replace scandal-ridden Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Instead, he was headed for Obama’s cabinet.