Barack Obama Cabinet
Both obama and bush appointed transportation.
Barack obama cabinet. 190 a special primary to fill his vacated congressional seat was held on march 3 2009 and the special general election was held on april 7 2009. The secretary of interior is the head of the u s. Department of the interior which focuses on our natural resources policy.
Salazar was elected to the senate in 2004 the same year as barack obama. Cabinet members under barack obama. Freshman senator ken salazar d co is obama s choice for secretary of interior in the obama administration.
Hillary clinton 2009. Some cabinet positions have historically been considered less ideological than others a safe slot to fill with a member of the opposite party. The following were the members of president barack obama s cabinet.
Real change big change takes many years and requires each generation to embrace the obligations and opportunities that come with the title of citizen. Donald trump did not follow the tradition. Picking cabinet members from opposing parties follows in the footsteps of past presidents like george w.
The president s appointees must be confirmed by a majority senate vote which is 51 of the 100. Obama cabinet news and opinion. As president obama has said the change we seek will take longer than one term or one presidency.
On november 6 2008 rahm emanuel accepted the cabinet level position of white house chief of staff under barack obama. Until the summer of 2008 obama had insisted that he was taking advice from both wall streeters and progressives from both bobs reich and rubin. Bush bill clinton and barack obama.
Former president barack obama said he trusts joe biden would use his good instincts if elected as president and aides that would turn those into actual policy that works. President obama s tenure was from 2009 to 2017 and he was the 44th president of the united states.
