In February 2009,president Obama nominated Gary Locke,the former governor of Washington state,for secretary of commerce.A few months later,the president nominated Jon Huntsman for ambassador to China.In May,president Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court judge.In June,the president nominated John M.McHugh for secretary of the army.
On January 9,president Obama nominated Jack Lew for chief of staff.
On February 6,president Obama nominated Sally Jewell for secretary of the interior.
On December 21,president Obama nominated Senator John Kerry for secretary of state.
Barack Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor as associate justice of the Supreme Court in 2009.
On January 7,president Obama nominated Chuck Hagel for secretary of defense and John Brennan for director of the CIA.On January 10,the president nominated Jack Lew for secretary of the treasury.On January 25,president Obama nominated Denis McDonough for chief of staff.
On March 3,president Obama nominated Sylvia Mathews Burwell for OMB director.On March 4,the president nominated Ernest Moniz for secretary of energy and Gina McCarthy for administrator of the EPA.On March 13,president Obama nominated Deborah Jones for ambassador to Libya.On March 18,the president nominated Tom Perez for secretary of labor.
On January 9,president Obama nominated William Daley,the former secretary of commerce,for chief of staff.A few months later,the president nominated Gary Locke,his secretary of commerce,for ambassador to China.On April 28,president Obama nominated David Peteraeus for director of the CIA and Leon Panetta,his director of the CIA,for secretary of defense.In May,the president nominated John Bryson for secretary of commerce.
Tom Vilsack :) (In Obama's Cabinet as of January 20th, 2009)
Hillary Clinton was nominated for and served a four year term as Secretary of State during the president's first term. When President Obama won re-election, she asked to step down, and a new Secretary of State-- John Kerry-- was chosen.
On May 26, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Justice Sonia Sotomayor to replace Justice Souter, who retired from the US Supreme Court in June 2009. Justice Sotomayor was confirmed by the Senate on August 6 and took the Oath of Office on August 8, 2009.
The answer would depend upon the state from which they were elected.Justices of the US Supreme Court are "selected" not elected. They are nominated by the President and confirmed by the US Senate. The most recent nominees confirmed were:Sonia Sotomayor (nominated by Barack Obama and confirmed August, 2009)Elena Kagan (nominated by Barack Obama and confirmed August, 2010)
Arne Duncan is Obama's Secretary of Education.