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Ex-Dallas Mayor Kirk Will Be Obama's Trade Rep

Free-trade Democrat among few Southerners tabbed for cabinet

Dec 18, 08 3:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama will announce former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk as his nominee for trade representative tomorrow, the Dallas Morning News reports. Kirk, who ran unsuccessfully for Senate in 2002, is pro-trade and a staunch supporter of NAFTA. Kirk campaigned extensively for Obama, and is one of the few Southern faces... More »

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Barack Obama • Texas • Dallas • mayor • NAFTA • free trade • US Trade Representative • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • Ron Kirk

Support Strong for Gay Navy Secretary

'Don't ask, don't tell' wouldn't apply because post is a civilian job

Dec 18, 08 2:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Retired military leaders and congressional Democrats are urging Barack Obama to nominate Bill White, an openly gay executive at the New York museum featuring the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid, as secretary of the Navy, the Washington Times reports. The civilian post would not be subject to the Pentagon’s “... More »

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Don't Ask, Don't Tell • Jerrold Nadler • gays in the military • Bill White • Obama administration • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

Obama Picks First Woman
to Lead SEC

Veteran regulator
Mary Schapiro will
take over agency

Dec 17, 08 5:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has made his pick for a new leader of the SEC, currently under siege for its failure to detect the massive fraud of Bernard Madoff, the Wall Street Journal reports. Obama is expected to announce tomorrow that Mary Schapiro—a former commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission—... More »

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SEC • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • Mary Schapiro

GOP's LaHood Will Take Transportation Post

Illinois congressman was retiring from seat

Dec 17, 08 5:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has chosen Illinois congressman Ray LaHood, a Republican, for the post of transportation secretary, Bloomberg reports. Obama is expected to make the announcement by the end of the week. LaHood, 63, had already announced his retirement from Congress this year after seven terms. He has a reputation for... More »

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transportation • Dept. of Transportation • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • Ray LaHood

Obama Adds Centrists Salazar, Vilsack to Cabinet 

Salazar brings centrist cred to the team

Dec 17, 08 1:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama added Ken Salazar and Tom Vilsack to his growing list of Cabinet appointments today, tapping the noted centrists as secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture respectively. “It is time for a new kind of leadership in Washington that's committed to using our lands in a responsible way,... More »

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Barack Obama • Department of the Interior • Ken Salazar • Tom Vilsack • Department of Agriculture • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

(Newser) - Barack Obama has chosen Chicago schools reformer Arne Duncan for secretary of education, the Wall Street Journal reports. During his 7 years as Chicago schools chief, Duncan has been known for hiring new teachers and closing struggling schools without alienating unions. He is also friendly with Obama and plays pick-up... More »

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education • Barack Obama • Obama Cabinet • Arne Duncan

Obama Unveils Energy Team

Green leaders will help America kick the oil habit, fight global warming, he says

Dec 15, 08 5:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Promising to end America's oil addiction and combat global warming, Barack Obama rolled out his environment and energy team today, the Boston Globe reports. He chose Nobel laureate Steven Chu for energy secretary; New Jersey official Lisa Jackson for EPA; Los Angeles deputy mayor Nancy Sutley to lead a White... More »

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Barack Obama • Environmental Protection Agency • green energy • energy policy • Obama Cabinet

Obama to Pick Corzine Aide
as EPA Chief

Many tout Jackson's record; others say pick too industry-friendly

Dec 11, 08 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency is a trained scientist praised as open-minded, though her history of accommodating business gives some environmentalists pause, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Lisa Jackson, who would be the first African American in the job, is currently chief of staff to New... More »

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pollution • environmentalism • Jon Corzine • New Jersey • business • Environmental Protection Agency • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • Lisa P. Jackson

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

Obama Energy
Pick a Nobel
Physicist

Chu was an early advocate for climate change solutions

Dec 10, 08 5:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Nobel laureate Steven Chu is Barack Obama's nominee for energy secretary, the Wall Street Journal reports. The acclaimed physicist, director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, was an early advocate for finding scientific solutions to climate change, and his lab is doing groundbreaking work in developing carbon-neutral sources of energy,... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • alternative energy • green energy • Nobel Prize • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • energy secretary

Gore-Obama Meeting Fuels Job Rumors

But former veep says he wants to keep working from 'outside'

Dec 9, 08 5:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama and Joe Biden will meet today with Al Gore just as the transition team is set to choose the key environmental appointments of energy secretary and EPA chief, CNN reports. The meeting in Chicago has triggered speculation that Obama may be considering Gore for a slot in his... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Joe Biden • Al Gore • Environmental Protection Agency • Nobel Peace Prize • Obama administration • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • energy secretary

ANALYSIS

Lefties Yelp Over Obama's Rightward Moves

Cabinet positions, backtracking on taxes, Iraq not what some liberals envisioned

Dec 8, 08 11:17 AM CST
(Newser) - The Internet left, a cash cow for Barack Obama’s campaign, is now home to some of his sharper critics, Politico reports. The president-elect seems to be turning down the heat on some red-meat ideas, like a windfall-profits tax on oil companies. And, notes one prominent progressive blogger, “There... More »

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liberals • blogs • Obama administration • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

Obama to Tap Shinseki for Veterans Affairs

Ex-general was fired
for saying US had to increase troop levels

Dec 6, 08 4:57 PM CST
(AP) - Democratic officials say President-elect Barack Obama has selected retired Gen. Eric K. Shinseki to be the next Veterans Affairs secretary, the AP reports. Shinseki is the former Army chief of staff who upset his civilian bosses in 2003 when he testified to Congress that it might take several hundred thousand... More »

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Iraq • Department of Veterans Affairs • Obama Cabinet

ANALYSIS

Five Best Jobs Left in Obama Administration

Highest-profile unfilled slots are energy, intelligence positions

Dec 5, 08 1:12 PM CST
(Newser) - State and Defense are taken, but Barack Obama has yet to fill several high-level administration positions. Politico looks at the top five open jobs:
  • Energy Secretary: Sustainable energy will remain a priority, despite the attention the economy will draw away. Key candidates: Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm; Dan Reicher
... More »

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CIA • torture • clean energy • Jennifer Granholm • labor unions • Kathleen Sebelius • Director of National Intelligence • Tim Roemer • Obama administration • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • Dan Reicher • Sonal Shah • Vinton Cerf

ANALYSIS

Richardson Offers
Olive Branch to Clintons

Commerce gig seats him next to rival Clinton

Dec 3, 08 4:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Bill Richardson appeared to make a peace offering to the Clintons today in his speech accepting Barack Obama's nomination to be Commerce secretary, writes Chris Cillizza in the Washington Post. Richardson, whose relations with the power couple turned icy after he endorsed Obama in the primaries, objected to the term... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Richardson • Bill Clinton • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

Openly Gay Union Activist
on Shortlist for Labor Secretary

Granholm, Sebelius also rumored picks

Dec 3, 08 10:43 AM CST
(Newser) - A gay union leader is on the shortlist for Barack Obama's secretary of labor, the Wall Street Journal reports. Democratic officials have confirmed that Mary Beth Maxwell—who would become the first openly gay Cabinet member in American history if chosen—is being vetted for the position, along with Govs.... More »

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Barack Obama • unions • Department of Labor • Jennifer Granholm • Kathleen Sebelius • David Bonior • gays • Obama administration • gay women • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • Mary Beth Maxwell

Richardson-to-Commerce Pick to be Official Tomorrow

Richardson would lead economic revival policy

Dec 2, 08 2:33 PM CST
(Newser) - President-elect Obama is expected to announce Bill Richardson's appointment as secretary of commerce tomorrow, Reuters reports, the latest in a string of cabinet announcements. In his new role, the New Mexico governor will lead the charge to revive the nation's economy. Richardson will be the first Latino in Obama’s... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill Richardson • recession • Department of Commerce • financial crisis • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

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

 After Cheney, 
 a VP Without 
 Portfolio 

Once-outspoken Biden content with the back seat

Nov 26, 08 7:08 AM CST
(Newser) - The nation's last two vice presidents loomed large in Washington—Al Gore leading on the environment and technology and Dick Cheney practically a shadow president. But when Joe Biden succeeds arguably the most powerful No. 2 in American history, the job is expected to shrink back to its original size.... More »

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Barack Obama • Joe Biden • Cabinet • vice president • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

Politically, Geithner's a Mystery

Non-Wall St. players know little of would-be Treasury secretary

Nov 24, 08 12:10 PM CST
(Newser) - As the head of the New York Fed, Timothy Geithner is a known quantity in certain circles. But as he starts the process of taking the helm at the Treasury Department, the officials who will vote on his confirmation know surprisingly little about him, reports Politico. “I always worry... More »

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Obama administration • Treasury secretary • President Obama • Timothy Geithner • Obama Cabinet

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