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Betsy DeVos, secretary of education pick for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, sits while meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, not pictured, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016. DeVos, chairwoman of the American Federation for Children, has been active in Republican Party politics for decades in her home state of Michigan and in education advocacy. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Betsy DeVos, secretary of education pick for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, sits while meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, not pictured, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016. DeVos, chairwoman of the American Federation for Children, has been active in Republican Party politics for decades in her home state of Michigan and in education advocacy. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images