WASHINGTON. Kabinet Obama belum rampung disusun. Hanya saja, sejumlah nama sudah mencuat sebagai kandidat kuat untuk menyokong pemerintahannya.

DEFENSE SECRETARYRobert Gates, Menteri Pertahanan Richard Danzig, Sekretaris Angkatan Laut terdahuluSen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., pengkritik perang Irak, pensiun dari SenatSen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., anggota Senate Armed Services CommitteeTREASURY SECRETARYTimothy Geithner, Presiden Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkPaul Volcker, Chairman Federal Reserve terdahuluLawrence Summers, menteri keuangan terdahulu dan presiden Harvard UniversitySECRETARY OF STATEGov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M., duta besar U.N. dan energy secretarySen. John Kerry, D-Mass., kandidat Presiden 2004Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., ketua Senate Foreign Relations Committee terdahuluSen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., pengkritik perang Irak, pensiun dari SenatATTORNEY GENERALEric Holder, deputi jaksa agung terdahuluJanet Napolitano, gubernur Arizona Rep. Artur Davis, D-Ala., anggota House Judiciary CommitteeDeval Patrick, gubernur Massachusetts, bekas asisten jaksa agung untuk hak-hak sipil ASENERGY SECRETARYFormer Rep. Philip Sharp, D-Ind., Presiden think-thank Resources for the Future Kathleen Sebelius, gubernur KansasEPA ADMINISTRATORLisa P. Jackson, anggota komisi New Jersey Department of Environmental ProtectionMary Nichols, kepala California Air Resources BoardKathleeen McGinty, sekretaris Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection terdahuluHEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARYTom Daschle, D-S.D. Senate Majority Leader terdahuluHoward Dean, ketua Democratic National Committee, bekas gubernur Vermont Kathleen Sebelius, gubernur KansasTRANSPORTATION SECRETARYJane Garvey, ketua Federal Aviation Administration terdahuluRep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., ketua House transportation committeeMortimer Downey, sekretaris deputi transportasi terdahuluINTERIOR SECRETARYJohn Kitzhaber, bekas gubernur Oregon Tony Knowles, bekas gubernur Alaska Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., Direktur Eksekutif Colorado Natural Resources Department terdahuluHOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARYJames Lee Witt, Direktur FEMA terdahuluBill Bratton, Kepala kepolisian Los Angeles Tom Kean, Ketua komisi 9/11, bekas gubernur New Jersey   Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., ketua subcommittee Homeland Security NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISERJames B. Steinberg, penasihat deputi keamanan nasional terdahulu Susan Rice, asisten sekretaris negara untuk hubungan Afrika terdahuluEDUCATION SECRETARYColin Powell, sekretaris negara terdahulu, ketua Joint Chiefs of Staff terdahuluFormer North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt.Arne Duncan, CEO sekolah-sekolah negeri Chicago Inez Tenenbaum, pengawas sekolah South Carolina terdahuluAGRICULTURE SECRETARYTom Buis, presiden National Farmers UnionTom Vilsack, bekas gubernur Iowa Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., Ketua House Agriculture Committee.OFFICE OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT DIRECTORRep. John Spratt Jr., D-S.C., Ketua House Budget CommitteeGene Sperling, asisten ekonomi President ClintonJason Furman, direktur kebijakan keuangan kampanye ObamaRep. Jim Cooper, D-TennHOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT SECRETARYValerie Jarrett, Obama friend, ketua dan CEO Habitat Co.Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.CLABOR SECRETARYRep. George Miller, D-Calif., ketua House Education and Labor CommitteeFormer Rep. David Bonior, anggota Obama Transition Economic Advisory BoardAndy Stern, Presiden Service Employees International Union

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