Barack Obama's Cabinet Appointments Update

Cabinet and top advisors
As of December 15, 2008, reliable reports indicate that the cabinet and top advisors of the Obama administration include the following nominations:

[edit] Domestic

Eric HolderAttorney General(announced December 1, 2008)[43]

Tom DaschleSecretary of Health and Human Services(announced December 11, 2008)[44]

Shaun DonovanSecretary of Housing and Urban Development(announced December 13, 2008)[45]

Eric ShinsekiSecretary of Veterans Affairs(announced December 7, 2008)[46]

Melody BarnesDirector, Domestic Policy CouncilHeather Higginbottom will be Deputy Director(announced November 24, 2008)[47]

[edit] Environment and Energy

Steven ChuSecretary of Energy(announced December 15, 2008)[48]

Lisa P. JacksonAdministrator of the EPA(announced December 15, 2008)[49]

Nancy SutleyChair of the Council on Environmental Quality(announced December 15, 2008)[50]

Carol BrownerAssistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change(announced December 15, 2008)[51]

[edit] Economic

Timothy GeithnerSecretary of the Treasury(announced November 24, 2008)[47]

Bill RichardsonSecretary of Commerce(announced December 3, 2008)[52]

Christina RomerChairwoman, Council of Economic Advisers(announced November 24, 2008)[47]

Lawrence SummersDirector, National Economic Council(announced November 24, 2008)[47]

Paul VolckerChairman, Economic Recovery Advisory Board(announced November 26, 2008)[53]

Peter R. OrszagDirector, Office of Management and BudgetDeputy Director will be Rob Nabors (announced November 25, 2008)[54]

[edit] National Security

Hillary Rodham ClintonSecretary of State(announced December 1)[43] (the nomination was given a Saxbe fix by Congress)[55][56][57]

Robert GatesWill continue as Secretary of Defense(announced December 1)[43]

Janet NapolitanoSecretary of Homeland Security(announced December 1)[43]

James L. JonesNational Security Advisor(announced December 1)[43]

Susan RiceU.S. Ambassador to the United Nations(announced December 1)[43]

[edit] Appointment speculation
Secretary of Agriculture: Congressmen Collin Peterson and Stephanie Herseth Sandlin and former Congressman Charles Stenholm. Others mentioned are Pennsylvania Agriculture Director Dennis Wolff, former U.S. Congresswoman Jill Long Thompson from Indiana, and Iowa Lt. Governor Patty Judge.
Secretary of Transportation: Former Deputy Secretary of Transportation Mortimer L. Downey,[58] Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell,[59] Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio,[60] former Delaware Secretary of Transportation and New Jersey Department of Transportation Commissioner Anne Canby,[61] former FAA administrator Jane Garvey,[62] and San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Commission executive director Steve Heminger.[63]
Secretary of Labor: Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm and labor activist Mary Beth Maxwell.[64]
Secretary of Education: Arne Duncan (expected, not officially announced as of December 14, 2008)[65]
Secretary of the Interior: Ken Salazar (expected, not officially announced as of December 14, 2008)[66]
U.S. Trade Representative: Xavier Becerra (expected, not officially announced as of December 14, 2008)[67]
Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy: U.S. Congressman Jim Ramstad [68]
Additionally, Caroline Kennedy is considered a candidate for the position of Ambassadors to the Holy See and the United Kingdom, a position once held by her late grandfather Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.[69] However, she also appears to be on the shortlist to replace Obama's Secretary of State-designate, Hillary Rodham Clinton, as the junior senator from New York.[70][71]

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v • d • eObama–Biden appointees
Cabinet-level
Position
Designate
White House Chief of Staff
Rahm Emanuel
Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Peter Orszag
Secretary of Defense
Robert Gates**
Secretary of Homeland Security
Janet Napolitano
Secretary of Commerce
Bill Richardson
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Tom Daschle
Secretary of Energy
Steven Chu
Trade Representative
Xavier Becerra*
Secretary of Education
Arne Duncan*
Position
Designate
Secretary of the Treasury
Timothy Geithner
Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton
Attorney General
Eric Holder
Ambassador to the United Nations
Susan Rice
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Eric Shinseki
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Shaun Donovan
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Lisa Jackson
Secretary of Interior
Ken Salazar*
Executive Office of the President
Position
Designate
Senior Advisor to the PresidentAssistant to the President for Intergovernmental AffairsPublic Liaison
Valerie Jarrett
Senior Advisor to the President
Pete Rouse
Deputy White House Chief of Staff
Jim Messina
Staff Secretary
Lisa Brown
Cabinet Secretary
Chris Lu
Chief of Staff to the First Lady
Jackie Norris
White House Press Secretary
Robert Gibbs
White House Social SecretarySpecial Assistant to the President
Desirée Rogers
Assistant to the President for Economic Policy(Director of the National Economic Council)
Lawrence Summers
Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy(Director of the Domestic Policy Council)
Melody Barnes
Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change
Carol Browner
Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Rob Nabors
Chair of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board
Paul Volcker
Director of Speechwriting
Jon Favreau
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs(National Security Advisor)
James Jones
Director of Public Liaison
Christina Tchen
Director of White House Office of Health Reform
Tom Daschle
Deputy ssistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change
Heather Zichal
Position
Designate
Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
Phil Schiliro
Deputy White House Chief of Staff
Mona Sutphen
Senior Adviser to the President
David Axelrod
White House Counsel
Greg Craig
Director of the Office of Political Affairs
Patrick Gaspard
Assistant to the President for Communications(White House Director of Communications)
Ellen Moran
Deputy Assistant to the President for Communications(Deputy White House Director of Communications)
Dan Pfeiffer
Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady
Melissa Winter
Director of the Council of Economic Advisers
Christina Romer
Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy(Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council)
HeatherHigginbottom
White House Director of Scheduling and Advance
AlyssaMastromonaco
Staff Director and Chief Economist of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory BoardMember of the Council of Economic Advisers
Austan Goolsbee
Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
Cecilia Muñoz
Director of the White House Military Office
Louis Caldera
Chief of Staff to the Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental RelationsPublic Liaison
Michael Strautmanis
Deputy Director of White House Office of Health Reform
Jeanne Lambrew
Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality
Nancy Sutley
Director of White House Office of Urban Policy
Adolfo Carrion*
Office of the Vice President
Position
Designate
Chief of Staff to the Vice President
Ron Klain
Counsel to the Vice President
Cynthia Hogan
Counselor to the Vice President
Mike Donilon
Assistant to the Vice President for Intergovernmental AffairsPublic Liaison
Evan Ryan
Position
Designate
Chief of Staff to the Second Lady
Catherine Russell
Director of Administration for the Office of the Vice President
Moe Vela
Domestic Policy Adviser to the Vice President
Terrell McSweeny
Chief Economist and Economic Policy Advisor to the Vice President
Jared Bernstein
Other
Position
Designate
Director of National Intelligence
Dennis Blair*
Surgeon General
Gail Rosseau*
Position
Designate
Deputy Secretary of State
James Steinberg*
* Although identified by sources to the press, selection awaits official announcement by the Office of the President-elect
**Gates has been Defense Secretary since 2006 and therefore does not need reconfirmation.