Bush nears halfway on cabinet picks after recount delay
President elect Bush has filled six of 14 cabinet slots and aims to complete the core team soon as a Christmas vacation precedes a Florida fishing trip. Powell, Veneman, Ashcroft, Evans, Martinez, and O Neill are named. EPA remains cabinet level with Whitman picked to lead it. Thompson to health and human services.
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Bush Administration Cabinet Nominations Spread Dec 17 22
The AP lists a broad slate of nominees for key posts including Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman, Attorney General pick John Ashcroft, Commerce Secretary Don Evans, and Defense choices Dan Coats Paul Wolfowitz and Richard Armitage. Other selections feature Lisa Keegan Drew Kress Roderick Paige and Tony Knowles for energy, Christie Whitman for EPA, Michael Powell for FCC, Mitch Daniels OMB, Elaine Chao Transportation, Paul O Neill Treasury, and Condoleezza Rice as National Security Adviser.
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Arizona
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Dallas
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New Jersey
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Houston
Roderick Paige
William Gray
D-Pa
United Negro College Fund
Pennsylvania
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Alaska
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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Slade Gorton
R-Wash
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Edison Electric Institute
Environmental Protection Agency
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Federal Communications Commission
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Health and Human Services
Wisconsin
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Orange County
Fla
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Kansas
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