Barack Obama/Appointments and nominations as President

Following the 2008 election, President-elect Barack Obama has announced the appointment of a number of key White House staff.

Cabinet
Barack Obama's Cabinet, as of January 2009, is proposed to comprise:
 * Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State;
 * Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the Department of the Treasury;
 * Robert M. Gates, Secretary of the Department of Defense
 * Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, Department of Justice
 * Ken L. Salazar, Secretary of the Department of the Interior
 * Tom J. Vilsack, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
 * Yet to be nominated, Secretary of the Department of Commerce
 * Hilda L. Solis, Secretary of the Department of Labor
 * Tom A. Daschle, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
 * Shaun Donovan, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
 * Ray H. LaHood, Secretary of the Department of Transportation
 * Steven Chu, Secretary of the Department of Energy
 * Arne Duncan, Secretary of the Department of Education;
 * Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs
 * Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security

Other Appointments
Some of the appointments are:
 * Judith A. McHale, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Department of State
 * Julius Genachowski, Chair of the Federal Communications Commission
 * Leon Panetta, CIA director
 * Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence
 * John P. Holdren, Science adviser and co-chair of the President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology
 * Carol M. Browner for "a new White House post overseeing energy, environmental and climate policies"
 * Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
 * Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality
 * Jonathan Favreau, Director of Speechwriting
 * Cecilia Munoz, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
 * Peter Orszag, Office of Management and Budget Director
 * Rob Nabors, Office of Management and Budget Deputy Director
 * Lawrence Summers as Director of the National Economic Council
 * Christina D. Romer, Director of the Council of Economic Advisors
 * Melody C. Barnes, Director of the Domestic Policy Council
 * Heather A. Higginbottom, Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council
 * Ellen Moran, Director of Communications
 * Robert Gibbs, Press Secretary
 * Dan Pfeiffer, Deputy Director of Communications
 * Susan Rice, Ambassador to the United Nations
 * General Jim Jones, USMC (Ret), National Security Advisor
 * William J. Lynn III, Deputy Secretary of Defense
 * Robert F. Hale, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) at the U.S. Department of Defense;
 * Michele Flournoy, Under Secretary of Defense (Policy) at the U.S. Department of Defense;
 * Elena Kagan, Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice
 * Tom Perrelli, Associate Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
 * Dawn Johnsen, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel,, U.S. Department of Justice.
 * James B. Steinberg for Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State,
 * Jacob Lew, Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State,
 * Thomas E. Donilon as Deputy National Security Advisor, U.S. Department of State,
 * Tony Blinken as National Security Advisor to the Vice President.
 * Cassandra Butts, Deputy White House Counsel
 * Elizabeth Sears Smith, Deputy Cabinet Secretary;
 * Shawn Maher, Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs for the United States Senate;
 * Dan Turton, Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs for the United States House;
 * Dr. John Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Co-Chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST);
 * Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Nominee for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator;
 * Dr. Eric Lander, Co-Chair, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST);
 * Dr. Harold Varmus, Co-Chair, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).

Website details
Official page for nominations and appointments: http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing_room/nominations_and_appointments/

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Barack Obama

External resources

 * List of cabinet members on whitehouse.gov
 * Christopher Weaver, "The Obama Team’s Disclosure Documents", ProPublica, April 8, 2009.