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Carter names a reformist cabinet from establishment insiders
President-elect Carter assembled a 30 day vetted cabinet blending Washington insiders with outsiders. The group includes one black woman Patricia Harris and two women, with eight holdovers from government service. Leaders include Cyrus Vance, Griffin Bell, Michael Blumenthal, Harold Brown, Joseph Califano, Bob Bergland, Brock Adams, and Cecil Andrus. He aims to coordinate policy across departments and trim defense spending while reorganizing duties.
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Plains, Ga
Carter
Washington
Patricia Roberts Harris
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Harris
Griffin Bell
Justice Department
Transportation
Commerce
Welfare
Cyrus Vance
Defense
Kennedy
Johnson
Defense Department
Army
James R. Schlesinger
CIA
Atomic Energy Commission
Congress
State Department
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
National Security Council
White House
Treasury Department
Michael Blumenthal
Bendix Corp
Blumenthal
Harold Brown
Air Force
Pentagon
California Institute of Technology
Brown
Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals
Bell
Atlanta
Charles Kirbo
FBI
C —Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Lyndon B. Johnson
Department
Department of Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Minnesota
House Agriculture Committee
Walter F. Mondale
Bergland
Agriculture Department
Howard University Law School
U.S
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