On January 9,president Obama nominated Jack Lew for chief of staff.
On December 21,president Obama nominated Senator John Kerry for secretary of state.
On February 6,president Obama nominated Sally Jewell for secretary of the interior.
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.
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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 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.
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.
Barack Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor as associate justice of the Supreme Court in 2009.
Leon Panetta is currently (2012) secretary of defense; he replaced Robert Gates, who retired.
Arne Duncan is Obama's Secretary of Education.
How Women Were ChosenWomen on Obama's Cabinet are chosen for their qualifictions except where they were owed political favors.