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Obama weighs names for top posts
2008-11-21
President-elect Barack Obama is weighing an array of Washington insiders and outsiders, including some Republicans, for Cabinet and other top positions, according to Democratic and transition officials. They include: DEFENSE SECRETARY Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Former Navy Secretary Richard Danzig. Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., critic of Iraq war, retiring from Senate. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., member of Senate Armed Services Committee. John Hamre, former deputy defense secretary, now president of Center for Strategic and International Studies. ___ TREASURY SECRETARY Timothy Geithner, president of Federal Reserve Bank of New York. ___ SECRETARY OF STATE Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-NY, former first lady and one-time rival of Obama's for the Democratic presidential nomination. ___ ATTORNEY GENERAL Eric Holder, former deputy attorney general. ___ HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D. ___ HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano. ___ CIA DIRECTOR John Brennan, former director of the National Counterterrorism Center ___ NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR Tim Roemer, former Indiana congressman and member of the 9/11 commission. Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., chairwoman of House Homeland Security intelligence subcommittee. Don Kerr, Principal Deputy National Intelligence Director. Jami Miscik, former head of CIA's analytical operations. ___ NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER Retired Marine Gen. James Jones. James B. Steinberg, former deputy national security adviser. ___ ENERGY SECRETARY Dan Reicher, director of climate change and energy initiatives at Google, former assistant energy secretary in charge of efficiency and renewable energy programs in the Clinton administration. Former Rep. Philip Sharp, D-Ind., president of Resources for the Future think tank. Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. ___ INTERIOR SECRETARY Former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber. Former Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles. Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif. ___ EPA ADMINISTRATOR Lisa P. Jackson, commissioner of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Mary Nichols, head of California Air Resources Board. Kathleen McGinty, former secretary of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. ___ HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY Miami Mayor Manny Diaz. Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C. Renee Glover, head of Atlanta's housing authority Nicolas Retsinas, director of Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies Shaun Donovan, commissioner of New York City's housing department. ___ LABOR SECRETARY Ed McElroy, former president of the American Federation of Teachers Former Rep. Dick Gephardt of Missouri Linda Chavez-Thompson, former AFL-CIO vice president Former Rep. David Bonior, member of Obama's Transition Economic Advisory Board. Maria Echaveste, former Clinton White House adviser. ___ COMMERCE SECRETARY New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson. Laura D'Andrea Tyson, former chair of White House Council of Economic Advisers under President Clinton. ___ OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET DIRECTOR Peter Orszag, director of Congressional Budget Office. ___ EDUCATION SECRETARY Colin Powell, former secretary of state, former chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff. Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. Arne Duncan, chief executive officer of Chicago public schools. Inez Tenenbaum, former South Carolina schools superintendent. Linda Darling-Hammond, education professor at Stanford University. ___ TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY Jane Garvey, former head of Federal Aviation Administration. Mortimer Downey, former deputy transportation secretary. Former House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt. Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. ___ AGRICULTURE SECRETARY Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack. Tom Buis, president of National Farmers Union. Former Rep. Charles Stenholm, D-Texas. ___ VETERANS AFFAIRS Tammy Duckworth, a disabled Iraq war veteran and Illinois veterans affairs director. Former Sen. Max Cleland of Georgia, a Vietnam veteran who had three limbs amputated after a grenade blast. Current VA Secretary James Peake. Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown.
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