Here's the most recent list of cabinet announcements:
Economy:
Treasury: Timothy Geithner (Current President of the NY Fed, helped craft bailout plan)
Chief of White House National Economic Council: Larry Summers (Treasury secretary under Clinton)
Chair of Council of Economic Advisers: Christina Romer (UC Berkeley Economist, specialist in Great Depression)
Chairman of Economic Recovery Council: Paul Voelcker (Former Fed Chairman who hiked rates in 1980s to get us out of Stagflation)
Staff Chief of Economic Recovery Council: Austan Goolsbee (U of Chicago economist, Senior Economist at Progressive Policy Institute)
Commerce: Bill Richardson (Governor of New Mexico, was a presidential primary candidate)
Foreign Policy:
State: Hillary Clinton (Senator from NY, primary candidate)
Defense: Robert Gates (at least as a transition for 1-2 years)
Homeland Security: Janet Napolitano (Governor of Arizona)
National Security Adviser: General James L. Jones (Retired Feb 2007 - former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe; Commander of the United States European Command; and Commandant of the Marine Corps)
Social Policy:
Health and Human Services: Tom Daschle (Former Senate Democrat Leader, published a book on Health Care recently, strong supporter of health care reform).
Director of Domestic Policy Council: Melody Barnes (Executive VP, Center for American Progress)
Director of Office of Management and Budget: Peter Orszag (Director of Congressional Budget Office; has focused particularly on health care)
Legal:
Attorney General: Eric Holder (Deputy AG under Clinton)
Sunday, November 23, 2008
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