President-elect Trump has asked Dr. Ben Carson to be his Housing and Urban Development secretary, according to an Associated Press report published Tuesday evening.

The former neurosurgeon acknowledged hours earlier in a television interview that Trump was considering him for the job. Carson said he will be “praying” over the Thanksgiving Day weekend about whether he should join the administration.

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