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.
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, current No. 2 at the CIA
Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., who heads the 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 the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Jami Miscik, former head of CIA's analytical operations.
Former Rep. Tim Roemer, D-Ind.
ENERGY SECRETARY
Dan Reicher, director of climate change and energy initiatives at Google, former assistant energy secretary in charge of efficiency and renewable energy programs in the Clinton administration.
Former Rep. Philip Sharp, D-Ind., president of Resources for the Future think tank.
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, D-Kan.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm, D-Mich.
John Bryson, retired chairman of Edison International, parent company of Southern California Edison. Co-chair of the Electric Drive Transportation Association, a leading advocate for plug-in hybrid vehicles.
INTERIOR SECRETARY
Rep. Raul M. Grijalva, D-Ariz.
Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash.
Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif.
Former Gov. Gary Locke, D-Wash.
John Berry, director of the National Zoo, former executive director of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
EPA ADMINISTRATOR
Lisa P. Jackson, former commissioner of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
Mary Nichols, head of California Air Resources Board.
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY
Miami Mayor Manny Diaz.
Mayor Shirley Franklin of Atlanta.
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 Beccera, D-Calif.
Former Gov. Gary Locke, D-Wash.
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 American Rights at Work
Former Rep. David Bonior, D-Mich., member of Obama's transition economic advisory board.
Maria Echaveste, former Clinton White House adviser.
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, D-Kan.
EDUCATION SECRETARY
Former Gov. Roy Barnes, D-Ga.
Arne Duncan, chief executive officer of Chicago public schools.
Linda Darling-Hammond, education professor at Stanford University.
Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine.
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, D-Kan.
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 Secretary of Agriculture.
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.
VETERANS AFFAIRS
Tammy Duckworth, a disabled Iraq war veteran and director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs.
Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, D-Md.
Former Sen. Max Cleland. D-Ga. |