THE PRESIDENT'S CABINET

(In order of succession to the Presidency)

The Vice President: Joe Biden

Nearly 40 years after he first ran for public office, Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr., was elected the 47th Vice President of the United States on November 4, 2008.

After graduating from the University of Delaware in 1965 and from law school at Syracuse University in 1968, Biden moved back to the Wilmington area and set up his own law firm. He practiced law until 1972. In 1970, Biden -- at age 27 -- ran for New Castle County Council and won in a Republican district. At age 29, he launched an improbable bid to unseat two-term Republican U.S. Sen. J. Caleb Boggs. With very little help from the state establishment, and with his sister as his campaign manager, Biden defeated Boggs by 3,162 votes. Just weeks after the election, Biden's wife, Neilia, and their 1-year-old daughter, Naomi, were killed and their two young sons critically injured in an auto accident. Biden was sworn in at his sons' hospital bedside and began commuting to Washington every day by train, a practice he has maintained throughout his career in the Senate.

In 1977, Biden married Jill Jacobs. Jill Biden, who holds an Ed.D., has been an educator for over two decades in Delaware's schools. Currently she is a professor at Delaware Technical Community College.

Vice President Biden has three children: Beau, Hunter, and Ashley. Beau currently serves as Delaware's Attorney General -- and as a captain in the 261st Signal Brigade of the Delaware National Guard. Ashley is a social worker and Hunter is an attorney. Vice President-Elect Biden also has five grandchildren: Naomi, Finnegan, Roberta Mabel, Natalie, and Robert Hunter.

Secretary of State: Hillary Clinton

Over nearly four decades in public service, as an attorney, First Lady, Senator, and presidential candidate, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has become one of the nation's foremost champions for children and families and advocates for women's rights and human rights. During the Clinton Administration, she transformed the role of First Lady, fighting for universal health care and helping to lead successful bipartisan efforts to improve the adoption and foster care systems, reduce teen pregnancy, and provide health care to millions of children through the Children’s Health Insurance Program. As a representative of the United States, she championed American interests as well as the rights of women and girls in more than eighty countries around the world.

From 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992, Hillary was the First Lady of Arkansas, championing the welfare of children. In 1992 she moved to the White House with her newly elected husband where she proposed legislation concerning children. Following President Clinton's scandal-plagued 2nd term, the couple moved to New York. In November 2000, Clinton became the first First Lady elected to public office and the first woman elected independently in New York State; she won reelection in 2006.

In the Senate, Clinton has continued to advocate for equal access to health care, education, and economic opportunity for women and girls around the world. As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Clinton has fought for and secured in law improved health care for members of the National Guard and Reserves and worked to bring our troops home safely and responsibly from Iraq. She also serves as the only Senate member of the Transformation Advisory Group to the Joint Forces Command, working to modernize our military. And Senator Clinton has continued to fight for quality, affordable health care for every American, working to strengthen the Children’s Health Insurance Program and expand the use of health information technology.

Most recently, as a groundbreaking candidate for President of the United States, Clinton became the first woman ever to win a presidential primary, receiving more than 18 million votes as an advocate for working families and a voice for millions of Americans who have felt invisible to their government.

Obama formally named Clinton on December 1, 2008. The Senate confirmed her by a 94 to 2 vote on January 21, 2009.

Secretary of the Treasury: Timothy Geithner

Until his nomination, Geithner currently served as the ninth president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and vice chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee. He has worked in the Treasury Department since 1988, and was the undersecretary of the Treasury for International Affairs under the tenures of former Secretaries Bob Rubin and Larry Summers.

In 2001, he left the Treasury and joined the Council on Foreign Relations as a senior fellow in the International Economics department. He also worked for the International Monetary Fund until he joined the Fed in 2003.

Obama formally named Geithner on November 24, 2008. The Senate confirmed him on a 60-34 vote on January 26, 2009.

Secretary of Defense: Robert Gates

Dr. Robert M. Gates was sworn in on December 18, 2006, as the 22nd Secretary of Defense. Before entering his present post, Secretary Gates was the President of Texas A&M University, the nation’s seventh largest university. Prior to assuming the presidency of Texas A&M on August 1, 2002, he served as Interim Dean of the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M from 1999 to 2001.

Secretary Gates served as Director of Central Intelligence from 1991 until 1993. He is the only career officer in CIA’s history to rise from entry-level employee to Director. Secretary Gates served as Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from 1986 until 1989 and as Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Adviser at the White House from January 20, 1989, until November 6, 1991, for President George H.W. Bush.

Secretary Gates joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 1966 and spent nearly 27 years as an intelligence professional, serving six presidents. During that period, he spent nearly nine years at the National Security Council, The White House, serving four presidents of both political parties.

Obama formally named Gates on December 1, 2008. No further Senate confirmation is required.

Attorney General: Eric Holder

During his professional career, Mr. Holder has held a number of significant positions in government. Upon graduating from Columbia Law School, he moved to Washington, DC and joined the Department of Justice as part of the Attorney General's Honors Program. He was assigned to the newly formed Public Integrity Section in 1976 and was tasked to investigate and prosecute official corruption on the local, state and federal levels.

In 1988, Mr. Holder was nominated by President Reagan to become an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. He was confirmed by the Senate and his investiture occurred in October of that year. Over the next five years, Judge Holder presided over hundreds of civil and criminal trials and matters. Many of the trials involved homicides and other crimes of violence.

In 1997, President Clinton appointed Mr. Holder to serve as Deputy Attorney General, the number two position in the United States Department of Justice. He became the first African-American to serve as Deputy Attorney General. Mr. Holder briefly served under President Bush as Acting Attorney General pending the confirmation of Attorney General John Ashcroft.

Obama formally named Holder on December 1, 2008. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 2, 2009 by a vote of 75 to 21.

Secretary of the Interior: Ken Salazar

In November 2004, Coloradans elected Ken Salazar to serve as Colorado's thirty-fifth United States Senator.

A fifth generation Coloradan, his family settled in the American West before the United States was a country. After helping found the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1598, they planted roots in Colorado's San Luis Valley, where they have farmed and ranched the same land for five generations.

A farmer for more than thirty years, Salazar helped form the El Rancho Salazar partnership in 1981. He and his wife have owned and operated small businesses, including a Dairy Queen and radio stations in Pueblo and Denver. He practiced water and environmental law in the private sector for eleven years.

Previously, Salazar served as Colorado's thirty-sixth Attorney General, winning statewide elections in 1998 and 2002. From 1987 to 1994 Salazar served in the Cabinet of Governor Roy Romer as chief legal counsel and executive director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources. Ken crafted reforms for oil, mining, and gas operations to better protect the environment and the public. He fought to uphold Colorado's interstate water compacts, created the Youth in Natural Resources program to educate thousands of young people about Colorado's natural resources, and authored the Colorado constitutional amendment creating Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO). He then served as the first chairman of GOCO, helping make it one of the most successful land conservation efforts in the United States.

Salazar received a political science degree from Colorado College in 1977, and graduated with a law degree from the University of Michigan in 1981. He and his wife, Hope, have two daughters, Melinda and Andrea, and one granddaughter, Mireya. Salazar's older brother, John Salazar, was elected to the United States Congress in November 2004 from Colorado's 3rd Congressional District.

Obama formally named Salazar on December 17, 2008. The Senate confirmed him by voice vote on January 20, 2009.

Secretary of Agriculture: Tom Vilsack

Vilsack served as the governor of Iowa from 1998 to 2006, the first Democrat elected to the position in 32 years. As governor, Vilsack focused on improving education, particularly in early childhood, expanding health care to the uninsured, making the state a national leader in renewable energy and creating a nationally recognized efficient and accountable state government. During two terms as governor, Vilsack established relationships among all levels of local, state and federal government, and worked closely with Iowa-based or national companies involved in Iowa commerce. Vilsack kept his commitment to serve only two terms as governor, and ran as a candidate for the U.S Presidency until announcing his withdrawal from the race in February 2007.

In addition to his distinguished public service career, including service as an Iowa state senator and mayor of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, Vilsack is a highly regarded litigator. He has more than 25 years of trial experience handling complex litigation and class actions with state-wide and national implications.

Vilsack is a Distinguished Fellow at Iowa State University Biosafety Institute. He received his undergraduate degree from Hamilton College and law degree from Albany Law School.

Obama formally named Vilsack on December 17, 2008. The Senate confirmed him by voice vote on January 20, 2009.

Secretary of Commerce: Gary Locke

For the past four years, Gary Locke has been a successful business advocate and adviser, helping U.S. companies break into international markets, particularly in Asia, and expand their international business. A partner in the Seattle office of the international law firm of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Locke co-chairs the firm’s China practice and is active in its governmental relations practice.

Previously, Locke was elected Washington’s 21st governor in 1996, making him the first Chinese American governor in U.S. history and the first Asian American governor on the mainland. In 2000, Locke was overwhelmingly re-elected to a second term. He served as chair of the Democratic Governors Association and gave the Democratic response to the State of the Union address in 2003.

As part of his considerable trade and economic development efforts, Locke launched Washington’s Competitiveness Council with business and labor leaders working together to effectively position Washington State for success at home and around the world. During the eight years of the Locke Administration, the state gained 280,000 jobs.

Locke personally negotiated and signed a Washington State-Canada salmon treaty after negotiations between the U.S. State Department and Canada reached an impasse on protecting wild salmon runs. He also conceived and launched the West Coast Governors’ Initiative on Climate Change and successfully launched public and private initiatives to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and increase energy conservation.

Locke earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Yale University, and a law degree from Boston University.

Obama formally named Locke on February 25, 2009.

Secretary of Labor: Hilda Solis

First elected in 2000, Congresswoman Hilda L. Solis is serving her fourth term in the U.S. House of Representatives. She represents California's 32nd Congressional District, which includes portions of East Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley. Prior to her election to Congress, Solis served eight years in the California state legislature. In August 2000, Solis became the first woman to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for her pioneering work on environmental justice issues in California.

In 2003, she became the first Latina appointed to the powerful Committee on Energy and Commerce where she is the Vice Chair of the Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee and a member of the Health and Telecommunications Subcommittees. She is also a member of the House Committee on Natural Resources. In March 2007, Solis was named a member of the newly created House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.

Solis is Vice Chair of the Democratic Steering & Policy Committee and serves as a Senior Whip, as well as a Regional Whip for Southern California. She is also serving her third term as the Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus' Task Force on Health and the Environment.

Obama formally named Solis on December 19, 2008. The Senate confirmed her on February 24, 2009 by a vote of 80 to 17.

Secretary of Health & Human Services: Kathleen Sebelius

Kathleen Sebelius was elected the 44th Governor of the State of Kansas in 2003. In 2005, Time magazine named her one of the nation’s top five governors. She was reelected to a second term in 2006.

At the heart of Governor Sebelius’ administration is a commitment to growing the Kansas economy and creating jobs; ensuring every Kansas child receives a quality education; protecting Kansas families and communities; improving access to quality, affordable health care; and taking advantage of the state’s renewable energy assets.

Governor Sebelius serves on the National Governors Association’s Executive Committee and is co-chair of the National Governors Association’s initiative, Securing a Clean Energy Future. Sebelius is the immediate past chair of the Education Commission of the States and as past chair of the Democratic Governors Association, she currently serves on the DGA Executive Committee.

Married to husband, Gary, a federal magistrate judge, for 34 years, they have two sons: Ned and John. Both Sebelius boys are products of the Topeka public school system, pre-kindergarten through high school. Ned is a law student, and John is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. Sebelius is the first daughter of a Governor (John Gilligan, Ohio, 1971-1975) in U.S. history to be elected to that same position.

Obama is expected to formally name Sebelius on March 2, 2009.

Secretary of Housing & Urban Development: Shaun Donovan

Donovan was appointed Commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) in March 2004 by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. Before joining the Bloomberg administration, Mr. Donovan worked at Prudential Mortgage Capital Company as managing director of its FHA lending and affordable housing investments.

Prior to Prudential, Donovan was a visiting scholar at New York University, where he researched and wrote about the preservation of federally-assisted housing. He was also a consultant to the Millennial Housing Commission on strategies for increasing the production of multifamily housing. The Commission was created by the United States Congress to recommend ways to expand housing opportunities across the nation.

Until March of 2001, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multifamily Housing at HUD, the primary federal official responsible for privately-owned multifamily housing. He also served as acting FHA Commissioner during the presidential transition. Prior to joining HUD, Donovan worked at the Community Preservation Corporation (CPC) in New York City, a non-profit lender and developer of affordable housing. He also researched and wrote about housing policy at the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University and worked as an architect in New York and Italy. He holds Masters degrees in Public Administration and Architecture from Harvard University.

Obama formally named Donovan on December 13, 2008. The Senate unanimously confirmed him on January 22, 2009.

Secretary of the Transportation: Ray LaHood

LaHood has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1995, representing downstate Illinois's 18th congressional district. He has gained national notoriety, especially among C-SPAN viewers, as the presiding officer of more debates than any other member. Most notably, he presided over the impeachment vote against President Bill Clinton. On July 26, 2007, LaHood stated he would not seek re-election in 2008 and will retire when his current term expires in January 2009.

He was born in Peoria, Illinois and was educated at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, from which he earned a degree in education. He was a high school teacher, director of the Rock Island County Youth Services Bureau, and an aide to Representatives Tom Railsback and Robert Michel before entering politics. He served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives for one term between 1982 and 1983. He is of Lebanese descent, as are Senator John E. Sununu, Representatives Darrell Issa and Charles Boustany. LaHood is a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership.

LaHood was said to be considering a challenge to Governor Rod Blagojevich's re-election bid in 2006, but on August 18, 2005 he ruled out a run, saying few outside his district would know him.

In 2006, LaHood beat veteran Steve Waterworth by a margin of 147,108 (67%) to 71,106 (33%). A strong advocate for advancing the legacy of Abraham Lincoln, LaHood authored a law that established the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, which lay the groundwork for celebrating the 16th president's 200th birthday in 2009. He also has been a lead Capitol Hill supporter for the Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield and is one of 15 members on the ALBC. In 2007 LaHood was considered for candidacy to become the president of his alma mater Bradley University, following the departure of David Broski, but eventually decided against applying.

LaHood, and his wife, Kathy, have four children (Darin, Amy, Sam, and Sara) and seven grandchildren.

Obama formally named LaHood on December 19, 2008. The Senate unanimously confirmed him on January 22, 2009.

Secretary of Energy: Steven Chu

Steven Chu is a Chinese American experimental physicist, known for his research in laser cooling and trapping of atoms, which won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997. His current research is concerned primarily with the study of biological systems at the single molecule level. He is currently Professor of Physics and Molecular and Cellular Biology of University of California, Berkeley and the director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

As global warming warnings grow more dire, Chu is currently pushing his scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and industry to develop technologies to reduce the impact of climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and he has joined the Copenhagen Climate Council, an international collaboration between international business and science, established to create momentum for the UN COP15 climate negotiations in Copenhagen in December 2009. Chief in Chu's campaign is an unprecedented research pact reached between UC Berkeley, oil industry giant BP, the Lawrence Berkeley Lab and the University of Illinois, which has drawn considerable controversy. Nearly US$400 million in new lab space will expand energy-related molecular work centered at Lawrence Berkeley that involves partners around the world; a US$160 million Energy Biosciences Institute Helios Building is to be funded by BP and subsidized with $70 million of California state funds, house up to 50 BP scientists in a private lab, and will include Chu's separate solar-energy program, but is reportedly on hold due to "geotechnical issues".

Chu was born in St. Louis, Missouri and received his bachelor’s degree in 1970 from the University of Rochester, and his doctorate degree from University of California, Berkeley in 1976. He remained at Berkeley as a postdoctoral researcher for two years before joining Bell Labs where he and his several co-workers carried out his Nobel Prize-winning laser cooling work. He left Bell Labs and became a professor of physics at Stanford University in 1987. Chu served as the chair of the Physics Department at Stanford University from 1990-1993 and 1999-2001. He was appointed as the director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in 2004.

Chu, with three other professors, was involved with the Bio-X program in Stanford that is intended to bring together scientists from physics, chemistry, biology and engineering backgrounds under one roof in the James H. Clark Center. He also played an important role in securing the funding of the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at Stanford.

Chu is married to Jean Chu, who was trained as a physicist at Oxford University and was formerly Stanford’s Dean of Admissions and the university president’s chief of staff. He has two grown sons, Geoffrey and Michael.

Obama formally named Chu on December 15, 2008. The Senate confirmed him by voice vote on January 20, 2009.

Secretary of Education: Arne Duncan

Arne Duncan graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1987, majoring in sociology. He was co-captain of Harvard’s basketball team and was named a first team Academic All-American. From 1987-1991, Mr. Duncan played professional basketball in Australia, where he also worked with children who were wards of the state.

Duncan returned to Chicago in 1992 to direct the Ariel Education Initiative, which seeks to create outstanding educational opportunities for inner-city children on the City’s South Side. In 1998, he joined the Chicago Public Schools. In June, 2001, Mayor Richard M. Daley named Duncan Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Public Schools.

Obama formally named Duncan on December 16, 2008. The Senate confirmed him by voice vote on January 20, 2009.

Secretary of Veterans' Affairs: Eric Shinseki

Born in Hawaii to a Japanese-American family, Eric Shinseki graduated from West Point in 1965. He went on to serve in the Army for 38 years, from 1965 to 2003, including two combat tours in Vietnam, where he lost part of his right foot. He served as Chief of Staff of the Army from 1999-2003.

General Shinseki has commanded troops from Vietnam to the Balkans, and his career has been marked by innovation, vision, and fierce loyalty to the troops who served under him. He is the recipient of numerous decorations, including the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Legion of Merit, and the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medals.

Obama formally named Shinseki on December 7, 2008. The Senate confirmed him by voice vote on January 20, 2009.

Secretary of Homeland Security: Janet Napolitano

Named one of America's Top Five Governors by Time magazine and one of America's top women leaders by Newsweek, Janet Napolitano stands out as a leader in developing innovative solutions to some of our country's greatest challenges. As Governor of Arizona, she's fought for quality schools, affordable healthcare, sensible economic development, a safe homeland, a secure border, and a government that is run efficiently and responsibly. She led the successful effort to create a new grade level in public school by offering voluntary full day kindergarten to every Arizona family. She raised teacher pay, expanded access to health insurance, and saved seniors millions on prescription drugs.

Her homeland security background is extensive: as U.S. Attorney for Arizona, Napolitano led the Arizona portion of the domestic terrorism investigation into the Oklahoma City bombing; as Attorney General, she helped write the law to break up human smuggling rings; and as Governor, she implemented the first state homeland security strategy in the nation and opened the first state counter-terrorism center. She is a leader in coordinating federal, state, local and bi-national homeland security efforts, having presided over large-scale disaster preparedness exercises to ensure well-crafted and functional emergency plans. Napolitano was the first governor to call for the National Guard to assist at the U.S. - Mexico border at federal expense, and is a leading national voice for comprehensive immigration reform.

The past chair of the National Governors Association- the first woman in history to hold this position- Janet Napolitano was re-elected in 2006 in a landslide victory as Arizona's 21st Governor. Prior to her election as Governor of Arizona, Napolitano served one term as Arizona Attorney General and four years as U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona.

Obama formally named Napolitano on December 1, 2008. The Senate confirmed her by voice vote on January 20, 2009.

CABINET RANK MEMBERS

United Nations Ambassador: Susan Rice

Dr. Susan E. Rice served most recently as a Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to the Obama for America campaign while on leave from the Brookings Institution where she is a Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy and Global Economy and Development Programs. Rice currently serves on the Obama-Biden Transition Project Advisory Board. From 1997-2001, she was U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. Prior to that, Rice served in the White House at the National Security Council as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs and as Director for International Organizations and Peacekeeping. Rice was previously a management consultant at McKinsey and Company.

She received her B.A. in History with Honors from Stanford University and her M.Phil. and D.Phil. (Ph.D.) degrees in International Relations from Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar.

Obama formally named Rice on December 1, 2008. The Senate unanimously confirmed her on January 22, 2009.

Environmental Protection Agency: Lisa P. Jackson

Lisa Jackson has spent her entire career in public service. In 2006, she was appointed by Governor Jon Corzine to lead New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) after twenty years of work protecting the environment. Her past experience includes management responsibilities at the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regional office in New York for the Superfund program, the federal program regulating hazardous waste cleanup projects; for enforcement programs at both EPA and DEP; and for New Jersey’s Land Use Management Program. She is a professional engineer, having received her Masters Degree in chemical engineering from Princeton University.

During her tenure as Commissioner, Jackson has worked with Governor Corzine on policies that have put New Jersey in the forefront of states developing initiatives to combat global warming and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Commissioner Jackson is married to Kenny Jackson and is the proud mother of two wonderful sons, Marcus and Brian. The family lives in East Windsor, New Jersey.

Obama formally named Jackson on December 15, 2008.

Council of Economic Advisors: Christina D. Romer

Romer is the Class of 1957 Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, where she has taught and researched since 1988. Prior to joining the faculty at Berkeley, Romer was an assistant professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

Romer is co-director of the Program in Monetary Economics at the National Bureau of Economic Research and has been a visiting scholar at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Obama formally named Romer on November 24, 2008.

Office of Management & Budget: Peter Orszag

Prior to his appointment, Orszag served as the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), overseeing the agency's work in providing objective, nonpartisan, and timely analyses of economic and budgetary issues -- supervising the numerous analytical papers and cost estimates that the agency produces and, to present the results, frequently testifying before the Congress. Under his leadership, the agency has significantly expanded its focus on areas such as health care and climate change.

In previous government service, Orszag served as Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and as a staff economist and then Senior Advisor and Senior Economist at the President's Council of Economic Advisers. Orszag was the Joseph A. Pechman Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution where he authored or edited numerous books and papers. Orszag graduated summa cum laude in economics from Princeton University and obtained a Ph.D. in economics from the London School of Economics, which he attended as a Marshall scholar.

Obama formally named Orszag on November 25, 2008. The Senate confirmed him by voice vote on January 20, 2009.

U.S. Trade Representative: Ron Kirk

Born in Austin, Texas, Ron Kirk first rose to political prominence in 1972 as an 18 year old volunteer for George McGovern's presidential campaign, where he was promoted to working directly for Ann Richards and Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Dallas area. He was praised by the Clintons, Richards, Marybeth Rogers, the uniformed David E. Kendall, Strobe Talbot, Robert Reich, and Steven Spielberg who worked there together. Kirk attended Austin College and the University of Texas School of Law. Upon his graduation in 1979, he practiced law until 1981 when he left to work in the office of then-Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen. Kirk continued to work with Bentsen after his appointment as Treasury Secretary in the Clinton administration.

In 1994, Kirk worked for then-Texas Governor Ann Richards as Secretary of State of Texas. The following year, Kirk ran for mayor of Dallas. With support of Dallas' business community and influential members of the city's African American community, Kirk was successful in his bid, winning 62 percent of the vote.

In 2001, Kirk resigned as mayor of Dallas in order to run for the Senate seat vacated by retiring Republican Phil Gramm. Facing then-Texas Attorney General John Cornyn and Libertarian Scott Jameson, Kirk lost with 43 percent of the vote to Cornyn's 55 percent.

Obama formally named Kirk on December 19, 2008.

Chief of Staff: Rahm Emanuel

After spending three terms in Congress as a member of House Democratic leadership, Emanuel agreed to return to the White House -- where he served as a senior advisor to President Clinton -- to be the chief of staff for the Obama-Biden administration.

Emanuel was elected to Congress in 2002, representing the citizens of Illinois' 5th Congressional District in Chicago. At the beginning of his second term, Emanuel was appointed by then House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to serve as Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Under his leadership, the DCCC expanded the Democratic Party’s reach in every region of the country. Democrats gained 30 seats in the House and ushered in a new Democratic majority in the House of Representatives. In January of 2007, the new majority elected Emanuel to serve as Democratic Caucus Chair, the 4th highest ranking Member of the House Democratic Leadership.

Emanuel began his career with the consumer rights organization Illinois Public Action. He worked on Paul Simon’s 1984 election to the U.S. Senate and in 1989 served as a senior advisor and chief fundraiser for Richard M. Daley. Emanuel served as a senior advisor to President Bill Clinton. After leaving the White House, Emanuel returned to Chicago to serve as a managing director at a leading global investment bank.

Emanuel graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1981, and received a Master’s Degree in Speech and Communication from Northwestern University in 1985.

Obama formally named Emanuel on November 7, 2008.

TOP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS

National Security Adviser: James Jones

General Jim Jones, USMC (Ret) is president and chief executive officer of the U.S. Chamber Institute for 21st Century Energy. From July 1999 to January 2003, Jones was the 32nd Commandant of the Marine Corps. After relinquishing command as Commandant, he assumed the positions of Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR) and Commander of the United States European Command (COMUSEUCOM), positions he held until December 2006. During this final assignment, he encouraged the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to regard global energy as a security issue and advocated that the alliance consider the defense of critical infrastructures as a 21st century collective security mission.

Jones retired from active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps February 1, 2007, after more than 40 years of service. In addition to having been awarded national and international military awards, Jones received a bachelor of science degree (1966) and an Honorary Doctorate of Letters (2002) from Georgetown University. In June 1985, he graduated from the National War College in Washington, D.C.

Obama formally named Jones on December 1, 2008.

National Intelligence Director: Dennis Blair

Dennis Blair is the John M. Shalikashvili Chair in National Security Studies at The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) and the General of the Army Omar N. Bradley Chair of Strategic Leadership at Dickinson College and the U.S. Army War College. He is the immediate past President of the Institute for Defense Analyses, a U.S. Government think-tank in the Washington D.C. area focused on national security.

Blair was born in Kittery, Maine in 1946, and was a 6th generation naval officer. He attended St. Andrew's School (1964) and, as a classmate of Oliver North and James H. Webb, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1968. Following his graduation from the Naval Academy, he started his career with an assignment aboard the guided missile destroyer, USS Tattnall, followed by a Rhodes Scholar, majoring in Russian studies at Oxford University, during the same time future president Bill Clinton studied there. He served as a White House Fellow from 1975 to 1976 with Wesley Clark and Marshall Carter, the chairman of the New York Stock Exchange.

His last job in the military was Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Pacific Command, the highest ranking officer over all U.S. forces in the Asia-Pacific region. Previously, he was Director of the Joint Staff in the Office of the Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff and served in budget and policy positions on several major Navy staffs, and the National Security Council staff. He was also the first Associate Director of Central Intelligence for Military Support. He retired from the United States Navy in 2002.

Obama formally named Blair on January 9, 2009.

CIA Director:Leon Panetta

Leon Edward Panetta became the 19th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency on 13 February 2009. As Director, he leads the Agency and manages human intelligence and open source collection programs on behalf of the Intelligence Community.

Mr. Panetta has dedicated much of his life to public service. Before joining CIA, he spent 10 years co-directing with his wife, Sylvia, the Leon & Sylvia Panetta Institute for Public Policy, based at California State University, Monterey Bay. The Institute is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit center that seeks to instill in young men and women the virtues and values of public service. In March 2006, he was chosen as a member of the Iraq Study Group, a bipartisan committee established at the urging of Congress to conduct an independent assessment of the war in Iraq.

From July 1994 to January 1997, Mr. Panetta served as Chief of Staff to President Clinton. Prior to that, he was Director of the Office of Management and Budget, a position that built on his years of work on the House Budget Committee. Mr. Panetta represented California’s 16th (now 17th) Congressional District from 1977 to 1993, rising to Budget Committee chairman during his final four years in Congress.

Early in his career, Mr. Panetta served as a legislative assistant to Senator Thomas H. Kuchel of California, special assistant to the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, director of the U.S. Office for Civil Rights, and executive assistant to Mayor John Lindsay of New York. He also spent five years in private law practice. He served as an Army intelligence officer from 1964 to 1966 and received the Army Commendation Medal.

Mr. Panetta holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and a law degree, both from Santa Clara University. He was born on 28 June 1938 in Monterey, where his Italian immigrant parents operated a restaurant. Later, they purchased a farm in Carmel Valley, a place Director and Mrs. Panetta continue to call home. The Panettas have three grown sons and five grandchildren.

Obama formally named Panetta on January 9, 2009. The Senate confirmed him by voice vote on February 13, 2009.

National Economic Council: Lawrence H. Summers

Summers is currently the Charles W. Eliot University Professor at Harvard University. Summers served as 71st Secretary of the Treasury from 1999 to 2001 and as president of Harvard from 2001 to 2006. Before being appointed Secretary, Summers served as Deputy and Under Secretary of the Treasury and as the World Bank's top economist. Summers has taught economics at Harvard and MIT, and is a recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal, awarded to the American economist under 40 judged to have made the most significant contribution to economics. Summers played a key advisory role during Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.

Obama formally named Summers on November 24, 2008.

Domestic Policy Council: Melody C. Barnes

Barnes is co-director of the Agency Review Working Group for the Obama-Biden Transition Team, and served as the Senior Domestic Policy Advisor to Obama for America.

Previously, Barnes served as Executive vice president for policy at the Center for American Progress, headed by John D. Podesta, who is co-chairman of the Obama transition team; chief counsel to Mr. Kennedy on the Senate Judiciary Committee from December 1995 to March 2003; worked on civil rights, women’s health, religious liberties and judicial appointments; worked at the Raben Group, lobbying for the American Civil Liberties Union, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the American Constitution Society and the Center for Reproductive Rights; was director of legislative affairs at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; as assistant counsel of a House Judiciary subcommittee, helped pass a 1992 voting rights law.

Obama formally named Barnes on November 24, 2008.

Council on Environmental Quality: Nancy Sutley

Sutley currently serves as the Deputy Mayor for Energy and Environment for the City of Los Angeles, and is also Mayor Villaraigosa’s appointment to the Board of Directors for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. From 2003 to 2005, Ms. Sutley served on the California State Water Resources Control Board where she was confirmed by the California State Senate in 2003. The five-member, full-time board is responsible for protecting water quality and resources throughout California.

Sutley also served as Governor Gray Davis’ Energy Advisor where she managed state and federal regulatory, legislative, financial and press matters, and served as the Deputy Secretary for Policy and Intergovernmental Relations within the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) from 1999-2003. During President Clinton’s administration, Ms. Sutley was a Senior Policy Advisor to the Regional Administrator for EPA, Region 9 in San Francisco and a Special Assistant to the Administrator at the Federal EPA in Washington, DC.

Sutley received her Masters in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and an undergraduate degree from Cornell University. Sutley's appointment makes her the first prominent member of the gay and lesbian community in the Obama Administration.

Obama formally named Sutley on December 15, 2008.

Director of the White House Office for Health Reform:
Nancy-Ann DeParle

DeParle is one of the nation’s leading experts on health care and regulatory issues, will serve as Counselor to the President and Director of the White House Office for Health Reform. As commissioner of the Department of Human Services in Tennessee, she saw firsthand the health care system’s impact on workers and families.

In the Clinton Administration, DeParle handled budget matters for federal health care programs, and took on the tremendous task of managing Medicare and Medicaid.

Obama formally named DeParle on March 2, 2009.

Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change:
Carol Browner

Browner is Principal of The Albright Group LLC, where she provides strategic counsel in the critical areas of environmental protection, climate change, and energy conservation and security. Prior to her current position, she served as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a Cabinet-level position she held for eight years. Browner developed partnerships with business leaders, community advocates, and all levels of government. She is widely known for championing common sense, cost-effective solutions to pressing environmental and public health challenges.

At EPA, she brought the climate change issue to the forefront and established climate change as an important environmental issue requiring action. Before EPA, Browner was Secretary of the State of Florida’s Department of Environmental Regulation. She also served as Legislative Director for then United States Senator Al Gore.

Obama formally named Browner on December 15, 2008.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC): Mary Schapiro

Mary L. Schapiro is the 29th Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Chairman Schapiro was appointed by President Barack Obama on January 20, 2009, unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and sworn in on January 27, 2009. She is the first woman to serve as the agency’s permanent Chairman.

Prior to becoming SEC Chairman, she was CEO of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the largest non-governmental regulator for all securities firms doing business with the U.S. public. Chairman Schapiro joined the organization in 1996 as President of NASD Regulation, and was named Vice Chairman in 2002. In 2006, she was named NASD’s Chairman and CEO. The following year, she led the organization’s consolidation with NYSE Member Regulation to form FINRA.

A 1977 graduate of Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa., Chairman Schapiro earned a Juris Doctor degree (with honors) from George Washington University in 1980. Chairman Schapiro was named the Financial Women’s Association Public Sector Woman of the Year in 2000. She received a Visionary Award from the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) in 2008, honoring her as a “champion of economic empowerment.”

Obama formally named Schapiro on December 18, 2008. The Senate unanimously confirmed her on January 22, 2009.

Small Business Administration: Karen Mills

Karen G. Mills has been a principal in the private equity and venture capital industry since 1983 and has taken a leadership role in the growth of more than 20 companies in the consumer products, food, distribution, textile and industrial component sectors. Mills was a co-founder and managing director of Solera Capital and Chief Operating Officer of E.S. Jacobs and Company. Mills chairs Governor Baldacci’s Council on Competitiveness and the Economy and is deeply engaged in economic policy for the state of Maine.

She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and has been Vice Chairman of the Harvard Overseers. Mills has an A.B. in Economics from Harvard University (1975), and an MBA from Harvard Business School where she was a Baker Scholar.

Her background includes consulting in the U.S. and Europe for McKinsey and Co. and product management for General Foods. Ms. Mills is the lead director of Scotts Miracle-Gro and a director of Arrow Electronics, a $15 billion semiconductor distributor.

Obama formally named Mills on December 19, 2008.

OBAMA-BIDEN ADMINISTRATION (as of 3/02/09)

THE PRESIDENT'S CABINET

Joe Biden (Vice President)
Hillary Clinton (State)
Timothy Geithner (Treasury)
Robert Gates (Defense)
Eric Holder (Justice)
Ken Salazar (Interior)
Tom Vilsack (Agriculture)
Gary Locke (Commerce)
Hilda Solis (Labor)
Kathleen Sebelius (HHS)
Shaun Donovan (HUD)
Ray LaHood (Transportation)
Steven Chu (Energy)
Arne Duncan (Education)
Eric Shinseki (Veterans' Affairs)
Janet Napolitano (Homeland Security)
Susan Rice (UN Ambassador)
Lisa Jackson (EPA)

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

CHIEF OF STAFF

Rahm Emanuel (Chief of Staff)
Jim Messina (Deputy Chief of Staff)
Mona Sutphen (Deputy Chief of Staff)
Pete Rouse (Senior Advisor)
David Axelrod (Senior Advisor)

CABINET LIAISON

Chris Lu (Secretary of the Cabinet)
Elizabeth Sears Smith (Deputy Cabinet Secretary)

COMMUNICATIONS AND SPEECHWRITING

Ellen Moran (Communications Director)
Dan Pfeiffer (Deputy Communications Director)
Jon Favreau (Speechwriter)
Elizabeth Jarvis-Shean (Research Director)
Daniella Gibbs Leger (Director of Message Events)
Joelle Terry (Deputy Director of Message Events)
Katherine Lyons (Deputy Director of Message Events)
Amy Brundage (Regional Communications Director)
Moira Mack Muntz (Regional Communications Director)
Gannet Tseggai (Regional Communications Director)
Jason Djang (Deputy Director for Video)
Katie Stanton (Director of Citizen Participation)

OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARY

Robert Gibbs (Press Secretary)
Jen Psaki (Deputy Press Secretary)
Bill Burton (Deputy Press Secretary)
Josh Earnest (Deputy Press Secretary)
Reid Cherlin (Assistant Press Secretary)
Nick Shapiro (Assistant Press Secretary)
Tommy Vietor (Assistant Press Secretary)
Ben LaBolt (Assistant Press Secretary)
Katie Lillie (Deputy Director of Advance for Press)
Marissa Hopkins (Special Assistant to the Robert Gibbs)
Ben Finkenbinder (Press Assistant)
Katie Hogan (Press Assistant)
Priya Singh (Press Assistant)
Macon Phillips (Director of New Media)
Cammie Croft (Deputy New Media Director)
Christina Reynolds (Director of Media Affairs)
Dag Vega (Director of Broadcast Media)
Corey Ealons (African American Media and Coordinator of Special Projects)
Shin Inouye (Director of Specialty Media)
Jesse Lee (Online Programs Director)
Luis Miranda (Director of Hispanic Media)

CORRESPONDENCE

WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL

Greg Craig (White House Counsel)
Cassandra Butts (Deputy Counsel, Domestic Policy and Ethics)
Susan Sher (Associate Counsel and Counsel to the First Lady)
Daniel Meltzer (Principal Deputy White House Counsel)
Mary DeRosa (Deputy Counsel, National Security Affairs and Legal Adviser to NSC)
Neal Wolin (Deputy Counsel to the President for Economic Policy)
Norman L. Eisen (Special Counsel for Ethics and Government Reform)
Kendall C. Burman (Associate Counsel)
Susan Davies (Associate Counsel)
Karen Dunn (Associate Counsel)
Danielle Gray (Associate Counsel)
Michael Gottlieb (Associate Counsel)
Roberto J. Gonzalez (Associate Counsel)
Virginia Canter (Associate Counsel)
Caroline Krass (Associate Counsel)
Jonathan Kravis (Associate Counsel)
Trevor Morrison (Associate Counsel for National Security Affairs)
Alison J. Nathan (Associate Counsel)
Kate Shaw (Associate Counsel)
Christian A. Weideman (Associate Counsel)
Ian Bassin (Deputy Associate Counsel)
Rashad Hussain (Deputy Associate Counsel)
Blake Roberts (Deputy Associate Counsel)
Jason G. Green (Deputy Associate Counsel)
Shauna Daly (Research Director)
Rhonda M. Carter (Executive Assistant to Cassandra Butts)
Nicholas Colvin (Staff Assistant)
Shomik Dutta (Special Assistant to Greg Craig)
Matthew Flavin (Staff Assistant on the National Security Counsel legal team)
Micah Fergenson (Executive Assistant to Special Counsel for Ethics and Gov't Reform)
Matthew Kennedy (Administrator)
Desiree Pipkins (Staff Assistant)
Catherine Whitney (Executive Assistant to Greg Craig)

DOMESTIC POLICY COUNCIL (link)

Melody Barnes (Director)
Heather Higginbottom (Deputy Director)

ECONOMIC RECOVERY ADVISORY BOARD

Paul Volcker (Director)
Austan Goolsbee (Deputy Director)

ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Carol Browner

NATIONAL AIDS POLICY (link)

Jeffrey S. Crowley (Director)

OFFICE OF FAITH-BASED AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVES (link)

FIRST LADY'S OFFICE

Jackie Norris (Chief of Staff)
Melissa Winter (Deputy Chief of Staff)
David Medina (Deputy Chief of Staff)
Joe Boswell (Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff)
Desiree Rogers (White House Social Secretary)
Ebs Burnough (Deputy Social Secretary)
Joe Reinstein (Deputy Social Secretary)
Samantha Tubman (Assistant Social Secretary)
Sally Armbruster (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)
Camille Johnston (Director of Communications)
Katie McCormick Lelyveld (Press Secretary)
Semonti Mustaphi (Deputy Press Secretary)
Tyler Lechtenberg (Director of Correspondence)
Dana M. Lewis (Personal Aide)
Jocelyn Frye (Director of Policy and Projects)
Trooper Sanders (Deputy Director of Policy and Projects)
Franny Starkey Sanguin (Director of Scheduling and Advance)
Jennifer Goodman (Deputy Director of Scheduling Events)
Kristen Jarvis (Special Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide)
Natalie Bookey (Staff Assistant)

OFFICE OF HEALTH REFORM

Nancy-Ann Min DeParle (Director)
Jeanne Lambrew (Deputy Director)

INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC LIAISON

Valerie Jarrett
Michael Strautmanis (Chief of Staff)
Christina Tchen (Public Liaison)
Cecilia Munoz (Intergovernmental Affairs)
Jodi Archambault Gillette (Deputy Associate Director for Native American outreach)
Nicholas Rathod (Deputy Associate Director for Asian outreach)
Michael Blake (Deputy Associate Director)

LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS

Phil Schiliro
Lisa Konwinski (Deputy Director)
Shawn Maher (Deputy Director -- Senate)
Dan Turton (Deputy Director -- House)
Jay Heimbach (Staff Member)
Christopher Kang (Staff Member)
Sean Kennedy (Staff Member)
Jim Oleske (Staff Member)
Jim Papa (Staff Member)
Alejandro Pérez (Staff Member)
Jonathan Samuels (Staff Member)
Shelly O’Neill Stoneman (Staff Member)
Louisa Terrell (Staff Member)
Denise Wilson (Staff Member)
Dana E. Singiser (Staff Member)

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

Bradley J. Kiley (Director)

NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL (link)

Lawrence Summers (Director)

PHOTO OFFICE

Pete Souza (Chief White House Photographer)

POLITICAL AFFAIRS

Patrick Gaspard (Director)
Patrick Dillon (Deputy Director)

PRESIDENTIAL PERSONNEL

Don Gips (Director)

SCHEDULING AND ADVANCE

Alyssa Mastromonaco
Danielle Crutchfield (Scheduling)
Emmett Beliveau (Advance)
Marvin Nicholson (Trip Director)
Katie Lillie (Deputy Director of Advance for Press)

STAFF SECRETARY

Lisa Brown

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

Ron Klain (Chief of Staff)
Alan Hoffman (Deputy Chief of Staff)
Cynthia Hogan (Counsel to the Vice President)
Mike Donilon (Counselor to the Vice President)
Jared Bernstein (Chief Economist and Economic Policy)
Antony “Tony” Blinken (National Security Advisor)
Brian McKeon (Deputy National Security Advisor)
Sudafi Henry (Director of Legislative Affairs)
Jay Carney (Communications Director)
Evan Ryan (Asst for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison)
Elizabeth Alexander (Press Secretary)
Annie Tomasini (Deputy Press Secretary)
Terrell McSweeny (Domestic Policy)
Moe Vela (Director of Administration)
Elisabeth Hire (Director of Scheduling)
Pete Selfridge (Director of Advance)
Sam Myers Sr. (Trip Director)
Catherine Russell (Chief of Staff to Mrs. Biden)
Courtney O'Donnell (Communications Director to Mrs. Biden)
Anthony Bernal (Director of Scheduling for Mrs. Biden)
Carlos E. Elizondo (Residence Manager and Social Secretary)

WHITE HOUSE OFFICES

WHITE HOUSE MILITARY OFFICE (link)

Louis Caldera (Director)

COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS (link)

Christina Romer (Chair)
Austan Goolsbee (Member)

COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (link)

Nancy Sutley (Chair)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Jon Leibowitz (Chair)

NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL (link)

Barack Obama (President)
Joe Biden (Vice President)
Hillary Clinton (Secretary of State)
Robert Gates (Secretary of Defense)
Leon Panetta (CIA Director)
James Jones (National Security)
Thomas E. Donilon (Deputy National Security Advisor)
Dennis Blair (National Intelligence Director)

HOMELAND SECURITY COUNCIL (link)

POLICY AND STRATEGIC PLANNING

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (link)

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET (link)

Peter Orszag (Director)
Rob Nabors (Deputy Director)
Preeta Bansal (General Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor)
Jeffrey Liebman (Executive Associate Director)
Steve Kosiak (Associate Director for Defense and International Affairs)
Robert Gordon (Associate Director for Education, Income Maintenance and Labor)
Xavier de Souza Briggs (Associate Director for General Government Programs)
Kenneth Baer (Associate Director for Communications and Strategic Planning)

OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY (link)

OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY (link)

John P. Holdren (Director)
Eric Lander (Co-Chair, PCAST)
Harold Varmus (Co-Chair, PCAST)

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE (link)

Ron Kirk

CABINET DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER AGENCIES

COMMERCE

Jane Lubchenco (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA));

DEFENSE

William J. Lynn III (Deputy Secretary of Defense)
Robert F. Hale (Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller)
Michèle Flournoy (Under Secretary of Defense, Policy)
Jeh Charles Johnson (General Counsel)
Jim Miller (Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Policy)
Wallace “Chip” Gregson, Jr. (Assistant Secretary for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs)
Mike Donley (Secretary of the Air Force)
James R. Clapper (Under Secretary for Intelligence)
Michael G. Vickers (Assistant Secretary for Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict and Interdependent Capabilities)

EDUCATION

Charlie Rose (General Counsel)

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

William Corr (Deputy Secretary)

JUSTICE

David Ogden (Deputy Attorney General)
Elena Kagan (Solicitor General)
Tom Perrelli (Associate Attorney General)
Dawn Johnsen (Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel)

STATE

James Steinberg (Deputy Secretary of State)
Jacob Lew (Deputy Secretary of State)
William Burns (Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs)
Kurt Campbell (Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs)
Philip Gordon (Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs)
Richard Holbrooke (Special Advisor for Pakistan)
Dennis Ross (Special Advisor for the Middle East and Iran)
Patrick Kennedy (Under Secretary of State for Management)
Anne Marie Slaughter (Director of Policy Planning)

TRANSPORTATION

Roy Kienitz (Under Secretary for Policy)