Kay Coles James, the first African-American female president of The Heritage Foundation, led Trump’s transition team for several offices in the White House.
“Following the inauguration, James — a longtime conservative who served under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush and later as George W. Bush’s Office of Personnel Management director — said she had been excited for a possible spot in the administration,” according to Politico.
In the interview with Women Rule, James said she had been eager to work on the president’s “urban agenda.” Trump, who had outlined his “New Deal for Black America” in Charlotte, North Carolina, just two weeks before the election, promised to build up law enforcement in African-American communities, crack down on illegal immigration, and increase business investment in low-income neighborhoods.
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