Makings of a Bush Administration
Tuesday, December 26, 2000
Appointees to President-elect Bush's Cabinet and White House staff, with dates they were nominated, and others who are candidates:
AGRICULTURE SECRETARY: Ann Veneman, former California agriculture director, nominated Dec. 20.
ATTORNEY GENERAL: Sen. John Ashcroft, R-Mo., defeated for re-election, nominated Dec. 22.
COMMERCE SECRETARY: Bush campaign chairman Don Evans, nominated Dec. 20.
DEFENSE SECRETARY: Former Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind.; Paul Wolfowitz and Richard Armitage, who both served under Vice President-elect Dick Cheney when he was defense secretary.
EDUCATION SECRETARY: Arizona education superintendent Lisa Graham Keegan; Sandy Kress, Bush education adviser and former Dallas Democratic Party chairman; Drew University president and former New Jersey Gov. Thomas Kean; Houston school superintendent Roderick Paige; former Rep. William Gray, D-Pa., president of the United Negro College Fund; Pennsylvania Education Secretary Eugene W. Hickock;
ENERGY SECRETARY: Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles, a Democrat who supports drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska; defeated Sen. Slade Gorton, R-Wash.; and Thomas Kuhn, Edison Electric Institute.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY DIRECTOR: New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman, nominated Dec. 22.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN: Michael Powell, one of five FCC commissioners and the son of retired Gen. Colin Powell, the secretary of state-designate.
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY: Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson accepted Bush's offer Dec. 21, GOP sources said, then muddied the waters by telling reporters he preferred transportation secretary.
HOUSING SECRETARY: Mel Martinez, the elected chief executive of Orange County, Fla., and a Cuban immigrant, nominated Dec. 20.
INTERIOR SECRETARY: Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo.; Gorton.
LABOR SECRETARY: Rep. Jim Talent, R-Mo., defeated in race for Missouri governor; Rep. Jennifer Dunn, R-Wash.; former Reagan administration civil rights commissioner Linda Chavez; Republican consultant Rich Bond.
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION: Former Sen. Harrison Schmitt, R-N.M., an Apollo 17 astronaut.
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER: Stanford University scholar Condoleezza Rice, named Dec. 17.
NAVY SECRETARY: Retiring Rep. Tillie Fowler, R-Fla.; Navy veteran and former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach; outgoing Rep. Steven Kuykendall, R-Calif., a Marine Corps veteran.
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET: Mitch Daniels, senior vice president of the drug giant Eli Lilly and Co., named Dec. 22.
SECRETARY OF STATE: Powell, former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, nominated Dec. 16.
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY: Elaine L. Chao, former deputy transportation secretary in first Bush administration and wife of Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; Dunn; defeated Sen. Spencer Abraham, R-Mich.; Thompson; Kansas Gov. Bill Graves, whose name is being pushed by the industry.
TREASURY SECRETARY: Paul O'Neill, chairman of aluminum maker Alcoa, nominated Dec. 20.
U.N. REPRESENTATIVE: Former Rep. Lee Hamilton, D-Ind., also mentioned as a potential CIA director; Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge; John Whitehead, former diplomat who was head of the United Nations Association of the USA.
U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE: Robert Zoellick, former State Department official in the elder Bush's administration; Richard Parsons, president of Time Warner Inc.
VETERANS AFFAIRS SECRETARY: Former Deputy VA Secretary Anthony Prinicipi; Florida VA Director Robin Higgins; Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo.; Rep. Norman Sisisky, D-Va.,
WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL: Alberto R. Gonzales, Texas Supreme Court justice, named Dec. 17.
WHITE HOUSE COUNSELOR: Campaign spokeswoman Karen Hughes, named Dec. 17.
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