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Cabinet secretary stories: 19 news summaries

Lawmakers Get Court Date
With Obama

Rep. who walked out on health speech among hoops invitees

Oct 7, 09 10:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four cabinet secretaries and one GOP representative who walked out of President Obama’s joint address to Congress last month are among some 16 invitees for tomorrow’s White House fall basketball game. Rep. John Shimkus is the lone Republican on the list; that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has enough... More »

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basketball • White House • Ken Salazar • Obama administration • President Obama • Timothy Geithner • Cabinet secretary • Arne Duncan • John Shimkus • cowboy hat

GOP Blocks Sebelius' Confirmation

She's pressed
to answer more
questions on abortion

Apr 24, 09 3:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama will have to wait until at least next week to have a complete Cabinet after Senate Republicans blocked the immediate confirmation of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius yesterday, AP reports. A vote on the Health and Human Services Secretary nominee—whose appointment is fiercely opposed by anti-abortion groups—will... More »

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abortion • Senate • Senate Republicans • Department of Health • Kathleen Sebelius • governor • Obama administration • Cabinet secretary • Obama Cabinet • Michael Steele

Senate Panel Clears Sebelius for HHS Post

Vote means Obama
is likely to have a full Cabinet soon

Apr 21, 09 3:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - It looks like President Obama will finally get his full Cabinet. A Senate panel today approved his pick of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to be director of Health and Human Services, the Hill reports. The vote, largely along party lines, all but assures that Sebelius will be approved by the... More »

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Senate • Department of Health • Kansas • Kathleen Sebelius • Max Baucus • governor • Cabinet secretary • Obama Cabinet

(Newser) - The sheer number of tax-related problems that have slowed confirmation of Obama nominees has some insisting the process has become tougher, Time reports. Not so, says Sen. Charles Grassley. “We are vetting nominees for the current administration the same way we vetted nominees for the previous administration,”... More »

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Congress • taxes • Senate Finance Committee • Charles Grassley • Senate confirmation hearings • nominee • tax records • Obama administration • Cabinet secretary

OPINION

Pro-Choice Obama Exploits Sebelius' Catholicism


Mar 11, 09 7:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is enacting a ghastly brace of pro-choice policies, including weakening "conscience protections" for doctors and adopting the “most radical possible option” on stem cell research, Michael Gerson writes for the Washington Post. And enlisting a Catholic—HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius—to help implement his agenda... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion • Health and Human Services • abortion rights • Right to Life • Department of Health • pro choice • Catholic • Kathleen Sebelius • Obama administration • Cabinet secretary • Obama Cabinet

(Newser) - President Obama has decided to pick Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to be his health secretary, the New York Times reports. The Democratic governor is now being vetted, and Obama hopes to make the announcement next week when he turns his attention from the economy to health care. One of Sebelius'... More »

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Health and Human Services • Kansas • Kathleen Sebelius • governor • Cabinet secretary • Obama Cabinet

(Newser) - As Hillary Clinton takes over the State Department, it's worth remembering that her train-wreck presidential campaign followed an "audacious 2000 run for Senate" and an excellent record as a legislator, Michael Crowley writes for the New Republic. "The question—not only for Hillary's legacy but for US... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Cabinet • State Department • secretary of State • George Mitchell • bureaucracy • Madeleine Albright • Susan Rice • Obama administration • Dennis Ross • Richard Holbrooke • President Obama • Cabinet secretary • Obama Cabinet • James Steinberg

ANALYSIS

What's the Fallout from Daschle's Withdrawal?

Major issues in the wake of Daschle's withdrawal

Feb 3, 09 2:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Tom Daschle gave up his nomination for Health and Human Services Secretary, raising a host of questions, Matthew Cooper writes at Talking Points Memo. Did an issue besides tax problems arise? Was the decision really Daschle’s, or the administration’s? Some other big issues:
  1. How many Obama nominees
... More »

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Barack Obama • Health and Human Services • Cabinet • Department of Health • Tom Daschle • Obama administration • President Obama • Cabinet secretary • Obama Cabinet • Leo Hindery

Obama Mulls Republican for Commerce

Tapping NH's Gregg could give Democrats 60 seats in Senate

Jan 30, 09 10:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Democrats may get their 60-seat Senate majority after all. President Obama is considering New Hampshire Republican Judd Gregg for the Commerce Secretary post Bill Richardson declined, sources tell Politico. New Hampshire’s Democratic governor would then get to appoint Gregg’s successor. Asked if he’d been offered the job,... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill Richardson • Cabinet • Senate • New Hampshire • Obama administration • Judd Gregg • Cabinet secretary • commerce secretary • Obama Cabinet

 Cornyn Yields; 
 Clinton Vote 
 Near 

Confirmation of State nominee could come within hours

Jan 21, 09 2:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Republican Sen. John Cornyn removed his call for a roll-call vote in the confirmation of Hillary Clinton as secretary of State today, paving the way for a quick vote within two hours, the Hill reports. “I intend to vote for her confirmation,” Cornyn said, “but I also... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Congress • John McCain • John Kerry • secretary of State • John Cornyn • vote • Senate confirmation hearings • President Obama • Cabinet secretary

(Newser) - The Senate met after the inauguration today and promptly confirmed seven of President Obama’s nominees by unanimous vote, with the notable exception of Hillary Clinton, the Chicago Tribune reports. A vote on Clinton has been scheduled for tomorrow after Harry Reid and Sen. John Cronyn, who has concerns... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Congress • Senate confirmation hearings • Ken Salazar • Tom Vilsack • Janet Napolitano • Obama administration • President Obama • Cabinet secretary • Arne Duncan • Steven Chu • Eric Shinseki

Senate Delays Hearing on Geithner

Troubled Treasury bid must wait until after Inauguration

Jan 14, 09 11:08 AM CST
(Newser) - The incoming administration's attempt to fast-track Tim Geithner's confirmation hearing has failed in the wake of trouble with his personal finances, and the session will now take place on Jan. 21, the New York Times reports. The delay of the Senate hearing until after the Inauguration, motivated by Republican lawmakers'... More »

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Cabinet • Senate Finance Committee • Charles Grassley • Treasury Department • US Senate • Treasury secretary • financial crisis • President Obama • Timothy Geithner • Cabinet secretary • Obama Cabinet

OPINION

Forget Agriculture—We Need a Secretary of Food

Take on the corrupt factory farming system, Obama

Dec 11, 08 10:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Once upon a time, more than one-third of Americans worked on farms, and a Department of Agriculture seemed logical. These days just 2% of Americans work the land, and the factory-farm lobby dictates agriculture policy, writes New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof. To help remedy the situation, Kristof contends, Barack... More »

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agriculture • Department of Agriculture • President Obama • Cabinet secretary • Obama Cabinet

Bill: I'd Take a Job From Obama—Not That I'm Lookin'

Former president 'neither looking for nor closed to' a role

Dec 3, 08 1:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Bill Clinton would be willing to serve in the Obama administration, CNN reports, but the former prez will remain in the background unless Obama “asks me to do something specific, which I'm neither looking for nor closed to." Clinton said in an interview that he would not unduly... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • secretary of State • Bill Clinton • President Obama • Cabinet secretary

ANALYSIS

They've Begged Off Obama List (But So Did Hillary)

Use a pencil in crossing Powell, McCaskill, Pritzker, others off administration watch list

Dec 1, 08 3:44 PM CST
(Newser) - There is a sizable list of qualified candidates who have expressed no interest in Obama cabinet positions—for now. Noting in the Washington Post that Hillary Clinton once demurred, too, Al Kamen takes a look at a few pols who’ve said no, or haven’t been “approached.... More »

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Barack Obama • Olympia Snowe • Colin Powell • Susan Collins • President Obama • Cabinet secretary • Obama Cabinet • John Brennan • Al Kamen

NY Fed Prez Lands Top Job at Treasury

Speculation about Commerce gig surrounds Richardson

Nov 21, 08 2:51 PM CST
(Newser) - The Obama transition team has settled on a treasury secretary nominee, NBC reports: Timothy Geithner, the president of the New York Fed. The announcement is expected to come Monday, when the president-elect will announce his entire economic team in an attempt to quell the unrest surrounding the financial markets.... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Richardson • secretary of State • Department of Commerce • Larry Summers • secretary of the Interior • President Obama • Timothy Geithner • Cabinet secretary • Obama Cabinet • Raul Grijalva

UPDATED

Billionaire Passes on Commerce Post

Top Obama fundraiser Pritzker takes herself out of the running

Nov 20, 08 12:49 PM CST
(Newser) - The hotel heiress Barack Obama was seriously considering as commerce secretary has taken herself out of the running, the Chicago Tribune reports. Penny Pritzker—whose family empire includes Hyatt hotels, casinos, and banks—led Obama's record-breaking fundraising effort, but the vetting process bogged down for “business reasons,” an... More »

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Barack Obama • Hyatt • President Obama • Cabinet secretary • commerce secretary • Penny Pritzker • Obama Cabinet

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton will accept Barack Obama's offer to become secretary of state, the Guardian reports. The president-elect's team does not anticipate problems arising from an ongoing examination of the records of Bill Clinton's foundation, clearing the way for Obama's fiercest primary rival to embody his stated ambition to assemble a... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Cabinet • State Department • secretary of State • Bill Clinton • Clinton Foundation • President Obama • Cabinet secretary

 Team Obama 
 Woos Ex-Hillary Aide 

Ex-campaign chief Solis Doyle weighs post as Cabinet secretary

Nov 11, 08 9:54 AM CST
(AP) - Barack Obama's transition aides have approached Hillary Clinton's former campaign manager about taking a senior White House post, Democratic officials say. Patti Solis Doyle is considering taking the job, although she worries about the effect it would have on her two young children. She was contacted about possibly becoming Cabinet... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Patti Solis Doyle • transition team • President Obama • Cabinet secretary

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