Friday, November 27, 2009

Opinion

Barack Obama's Cabinet and Other Appointments

Posted November 7, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama has named his White House chief of staff. Whom should he name to his cabinet and to top White House positions, such as national security adviser? Post your thoughts below.

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Reader Comments

Mixed Race, African American??

For those of you who were debating whether President Obama is an African American or should consider himself mixed race, what do you consider yourself?

I am white, Caucasian. My lineage consists of Native American, Irish, German, Italian, and many other things. I consider myself WHITE. I am NATIVE AMERICAN AND CAUCASIAN, but I consider myself white, not mixed race

So be quite. He is the first African American President of the United States. Deal with it.

List of Cabinet members

There is a list of cabinet memebers on Wikipedia. I know that it is not the most reliable, but it is there.

The current US cabinet nominated by President Barack Obama includes:

* Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton

* Secretary of the Treasury, Timothy Geithner

* Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates

* Attorney General, Eric Holder

* Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar

* Secretary of Commerce, TO BE DETERMINED

* Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis

* Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Shaun Donovan

* Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood

* Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu

* Secretary of Veterans’ Affairs, Eric Shinseki

* Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano

The Current Cabinet-level office members elected by Barack Obama are:

* Vice President, Joe Biden

* Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel

* Administratior of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa P. Jackson

* Director of the National Drug Control Policy, TO BE DETERMINDED

* United States Trade Representative, Ron Kirk

* Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice

obamas cabinet

i need it too........

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