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Obamas Cabinet

During obama s presidency four republicans served in obama s cabinet.

Obamas cabinet. But the white house is taking fire from critics. President obama s cabinet in particular gained notice for its relative lack of white men. The tradition of the cabinet dates back to the beginnings of the presidency itself.

Barack obama s cabinet november 7 2008 1 43 pm cbs below you will find the latest names and status of major nominations and selections within president obama s administration. Cabinet officers are nominated by the president and confirmed or rejected by the senate. To draw a line between white and nonwhite we used census bureau race and ethnicity categories.

Who will be hillary s economic team. On december 1 2008 president elect obama announced that robert gates would remain in his position as secretary of defense during his administration reportedly for at least the first year of obama s presidency. Neal wolin obama s selection for deputy counsel to the president for economic policy is a top executive at the insurance giant hartford financial services where his salary was 4 5 million.

President obama s tenure was from 2009 to 2017 and he was the 44th president of the united states. Until the summer of 2008 obama had insisted that he was taking advice from both wall streeters and progressives from both bobs reich and rubin. The retention of gates fulfilled obama s pledge made on the campaign trail to have a republican in his cabinet.

Established in article ii section 2 of the constitution the cabinet s role is to advise the president on any subject he may require relating to the duties of each member s respective office. Cabinet members are chosen by the president and they do not have fixed terms. Ray lahood as secretary of transportation robert mcdonald as secretary of veteran s affairs and gates and chuck hagel as secretaries of defense.

Obama s second term cabinet three months after being sworn in to a second term president barack obama has nearly completed his cabinet overhaul. The president s appointees must be confirmed by a majority senate vote which is 51 of the 100 members of the senate. On april 28 2009 the senate confirmed former kansas governor kathleen sebelius as secretary of health and human services completing obama s initial cabinet.

The president s cabinet is composed of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of government.

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