Actually, Obama just made this announcement today:
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY
Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D.
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Obama moving step by step to create his Cabinet
By The Associated Press, Associated Press
December 10, 2008
http://www.startribune.com/nation/35939394.html
Day by day, name by name, President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet is taking shape, and other top jobs are being filled.
A look at who has made the list and who is being talked about for jobs that are still open:
NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED:
TREASURY SECRETARY: Timothy Geithner, president of Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
SECRETARY OF STATE: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.
ATTORNEY GENERAL: Eric Holder, former deputy attorney general.
DEFENSE SECRETARY: Robert Gates, a holdover from Bush administration.
HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY: Gov. Janet Napolitano, D-Ariz.
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER: Retired Marine Gen. James Jones.
COMMERCE SECRETARY: Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M.
NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL DIRECTOR: Lawrence Summers, former treasury secretary.
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET DIRECTOR: Peter Orszag, director of Congressional Budget Office.
VETERANS AFFAIRS SECRETARY: Retired Gen. Eric K. Shinseki.
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POSTS TO BE DECIDED, WITH THE CONTENDERS:
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY
Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D.
CIA DIRECTOR
John Gannon, former deputy director for intelligence at the CIA during the Clinton administration.
Jami Miscik, former head of CIA's analytical operations.
Steve Kappes, CIA's current No. 2.
Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., who now heads House Homeland Security subcommittee on intelligence.
John McLaughlin, former interim CIA chief.
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR
Denny Blair, retired admiral and former commander of the U.S. Pacific Command.
Don Kerr, No. 2 official in Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Jami Miscik, former head of CIA's analytical operations.
Former Rep. Tim Roemer, D-Ind.
ENERGY SECRETARY
Steven Chu, director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a Nobel Prize-winning physicist.
INTERIOR SECRETARY
Rep. Raul M. Grijalva, D-Ariz.
Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif.
John Berry, National Zoo director, former executive director of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
EPA ADMINISTRATOR
Lisa P. Jackson, former commissioner of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY
Miami Mayor Manny Diaz.
Mayor Shirley Franklin of Atlanta.
Adolfo Carrion Jr., borough president of the Bronx, N.Y.
Renee Glover, head of Atlanta's housing authority.
Nicolas Retsinas, director of Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies.
Bart Harvey, former chief executive of Enterprise Community Investment.
U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif.
LABOR SECRETARY
Ed McElroy, former president of the American Federation of Teachers.
Linda Chavez-Thompson, former AFL-CIO vice president.
Mary Beth Maxwell, executive director of American Rights at Work.
Maria Echaveste, former Clinton White House adviser.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm, D-Mich.
EDUCATION SECRETARY
Arne Duncan, chief executive officer of Chicago public schools.
Michael Bennet, superintendent of Denver public schools.
Jon Schnur, founder and chief executive of New Leaders for New Schools.
Paul Vallas, superintendent of Recovery School District in New Orleans.
Linda Darling-Hammond, education professor at Stanford University.
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY
Jane Garvey, former head of the Federal Aviation Administration.
Mortimer Downey, former deputy transportation secretary.
Steve Heminger, executive director, San Francisco Bay area transportation commission.
AGRICULTURE SECRETARY
Dennis Wolff, Pennsylvania agriculture secretary.
Tom Buis, president of National Farmers Union.
Former Rep. Charles Stenholm, D-Texas.
Rep. John Salazar, D-Colo.
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D.
Former Rep. Jill Long Thompson, D-Ind.
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