President-elect promised change, picking insiders
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 President-elect Barack Obama promised the voters change but has started his Cabinet selection process by naming several Washington insiders to
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Obama is enlisting former Senate leader Tom Daschle as his health secretary. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a well-known Washington personality,
seemed more likely than ever to be his secretary of state. Clinton is deciding whether to take that post as America's top diplomat, her associates
said Wednesday
Obama is ready to announce that his attorney general will be Eric Holder, the Justice Department's No. 2 when Clinton's husband was president. Rahm
Emanuel, Obama's chief of staff, is another veteran of the Clinton White House.
Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano is Obama's primary choice to be secretary of the Homeland Security Department, several news organizations reported
Thursday. The New York Times, citing Democrats with knowledge of the process, said Napolitano was about to be offered the job. The Washington Post
also reported that she was Obama's choice.
Chicago businesswoman Penny Pritzker, who was national finance chairman for Obama's presidential campaign, is his leading choice for commerce
secretary, the Times reported. The newspaper said Pritzker was in the final stages of vetting by Obama's transition team.
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