Politics
A report shows that the Transportation Department’s watchdog wanted Elaine Chao to be criminally investigated when she was Transportation secretary.
March 3, 2021
World & Nation
Nov. 29, 2016, 8:41 a.m.
Nov. 29, 2016
Business
They don’t transport people around, but drones would fall under Elaine Chao’s purview if President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee is confirmed as secretary of Transportation.
Dec. 6, 2016
Archives
If everyone thought the way Elaine Chao does, there wouldn’t be any Peace Corps for her to direct (“An Insider Moves Out, Up,” Jan. 19).
Feb. 9, 1992
The stereotype of the dewy-eyed Peace Corps volunteer who has nothing better to do with a bachelor’s in English than live in a mud hut seems absurd this crisp winter morning as the new director, a woman in black pumps and a designer suit, conducts a tour of her Washington office suite.
Jan. 19, 1992
California
Gov.
March 21, 2017
Film financier Steven Mnuchin was selected as Treasury Secretary, Wilbur Ross as Commerce Secretary, and former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao for Transportation.
Nov. 30, 2016
Autos
Silicon Valley voted heavily for Hillary Clinton, but companies working on driverless cars seem overjoyed with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Transportation secretary, Elaine Chao.
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao says safety is the top priority for robot cars – but so is intellectual property.
Jan. 8, 2020
Regarding the article on Jeff and Maria Wilcox’s commitment to the United Way (“United They Stand,” Dec. 1): Earlier this year The Times reported that Elaine Chao received $292,000 as a parting gift from the United Way board.
Dec. 15, 1996