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   MAKING OF A CABINET

KENNETH LAMBERT–AP

WASHINGTON–Donald Rumsfeld answers questions from reporters after President-elect George W. Bush named him as secretary of defense. Rumsfeld has served as secretary of defense under the Ford administration. In a news conference Friday morning, Bush named four more cabinet nominees, including Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson as secretary of health and human services, and Rod Paige for education secretary. For interior secretary, Gale Norton was picked and Anthony Principi was nominated for secretary of veterans affair.



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