Obama’s Cabinet

Nominations must be confirmed by the Senate. Bill Richardson has withdrawn as Commerce secretary nominee; a replacement will be named.

Other key appointments

National Economic Council director

Lawrence H. Summers

Age: 54

Treasury secretary, 1999-2001; president of Harvard, 2001-06

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National security advisor

James L. Jones Jr.

Age: 65

Former commander of NATO forces

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Office of Management and Budget director

Peter Orszag

Age: 40

Congressional Budget Office director, 2007-08

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U.N. ambassador

Susan E. Rice

Age: 44

Senior foreign policy advisor to Obama-Biden campaign --

White House chief of staff

Rahm Emanuel

Age: 49

U.S. representative (D-Ill.), elected 2002

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White House Energy coordinator

Carol Browner

Age: 53

Environmental Protection Agency administrator,

1993-2001

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AGRICULTURE

Tom Vilsack

Age: 58

Governor of Iowa, 1998-2006

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DEFENSE

Robert M. Gates

Age: 65

Defense secretary since 2006

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EDUCATION

Arne Duncan

Age: 44

Chicago Public Schools chief executive since 2001

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ENERGY

Steven Chu

Age: 60

UC Berkeley physicist; won Nobel Prize in 1997

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HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Tom Daschle

Age: 61

Senator (D-S.D.), 1987-2005

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HOMELAND SECURITY

Janet Napolitano

Age: 51

Governor of Arizona, elected 2002

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HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Shaun Donovan

Age: 42

New York City housing commissioner since 2004

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INTERIOR

Ken Salazar

Age: 53

Senator (D-Colo.), elected 2004

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JUSTICE

Eric H. Holder Jr.

Age: 57

Senior legal advisor to Obama since 2007

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LABOR

Hilda L. Solis

Age: 51

U.S. representative (D-El Monte), elected 2000

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STATE

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Age: 61

Senator (D-N.Y.), elected 2000

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TRANSPORTATION

Ray LaHood

Age: 63

U.S. representative (R-Ill.), elected 1994

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TREASURY

Timothy F. Geithner

Age: 47

Head of Federal Reserve Bank of New York since 2003

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VETERANS AFFAIRS

Eric K. Shinseki

Age: 66

Retired general; U.S. Army chief of staff, 1999-2003