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Obama's Cabinet is taking shape

By The Associated Press

Day by day, name by name, President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet is taking shape, and other top jobs are being filled.

Here's 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
- Gov. Jennifer Granholm, D-Mich.
- Ralph Izzo, chairman of Public Service Enterprise Group, a New - Jersey-based energy holding company.
- Steven Chu, director of the Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory and a - Nobel Prize winning physicist.
- 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. Mike Thompson, D-Calif.

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.
- Adolfo Carrion Jr., president of the Bronx Borough, 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 Beccera, 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.

EDUCATION SECRETARY
- Arne Duncan, chief executive officer of Chicago public schools.
- 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 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.


(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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