Linda McMahon: “The President made it very clear when he hired me to do this…”

“You can't do it entirely, not all the way without Congress's approval, but you can go a long way. What's your time schedule? Well, certainly The President made it very clear when he hired me to do this job that he wanted me to be the last Secretary of Education. And he said I would have achieved success when I put myself out of a job. I think that we are moving in the right direction and at the right speed.” (00:42–00:49)

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