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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Obama's Completed, Diverse Cabinet Includes a Southerner





Here's a look at President-Elect Obama's completed, extremely Diverse Cabinet.

It includes five women, four blacks, three Hispanics and two Asians as Cabinet-level appointments.

President Bush's first cabinet in 2001 included four women, two blacks, one Hispanic and two Asians.

He's even added a Southerner Ya'll!

Ron Kirk from Dallas, TX. I mean this guy isn't your typical "Good 'Ole Boy" (Kirk is African-American), but he is still a Southerner.

Secretary Of State: Hillary Rodham Clinton

Defense: Robert Gates

Treasury: Timothy Geithner

U.S. Attorney General: Eric Holder

Interior: Ken Salazar

Agriculture: Tom Vilsack

Housing & Urban Development: Shaun Donovan

Transportation: Ray LaHood

Energy: Dr. Steven Chu

Commerce: Bill Richardson

Labor: Hilda Solis

Health & Human Services: Tom Daschle

Education: Arne Duncan

Veteran Affairs: Eric Shinseki

Homeland Security: Janet Napolitano

United Nations Ambassador: Susan Rice

EPA Administrator: Lisa Jackson

Trade Representative: Ron Kirk


Sources: USA Today, Flickr, Blogger

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