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Carter names 10 nominees for his future cabinet
President elect Carter has assembled a broad, experienced cabinet with a black member and two women among fourteen top picks. Cyrus Vance leads State and Griffin Bell heads Justice while Harold Brown runs Defense and Joseph Califano heads Health Education and Welfare. Patricia Harris as HUD nominee aims to mix housing with jobs and desegregation goals. Brock Adams Transportation, Bob Bergland Agriculture, Cecil Andrus Interior, Michael Blumenthal Treasury, and James Schlesinger energy post are also named with emphasis on reform and efficiency.
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Patricia Roberts Harris
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Carter
Harris
Griffin Bell
Justice Department
Commerce
Cyrus Vance
Defense
Kennedy
Johnson
Defense Department
Army
James R. Schlesinger
Secretary of Defense
CYA
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
Washington
Howard University Law School
U.S
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