Obama beats Clinton and Bush 43 on Number of Women, Asians, Hispanics and Blacks in Cabinet!!!

	Obama's completed Cabinet a diverse mix Updated 2d 19h ago | Comments 153 | Recommend 13 E-mail | Save | Print |
	Before leaving for 12 days in Hawaii on Saturday, President-elect Barack Obama finished his Cabinet selections on Friday. He announced Rep. Hilda Solis, D-Calif., as his choice for Labor secretary, Rep. Ray LaHood for Transportation secretary and former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk as U.S. trade representative. Overall, Obama has picked five women, four blacks, three Hispanics and two Asians as Cabinet-level appointments. By comparison, President Bush's first Cabinet in 2001 had four women, two blacks, one Hispanic and two Asians. President Clinton's first Cabinet in 1993 had four women, four blacks and two Hispanics. FIND MORE STORIES IN: Barack Obama | Dallas | Hawaii | Hispanics | George W Bush | D-Calif | Labor | Cabinet-level | R-Calif | Position | Ron Kirk | Rep. Hilda Solis | Mark Pearson Key: O = Other party; B = Black; A = Asian; H = Hispanic Cabinet post State Defense Treasury Attorney general Interior Agriculture AP AP AP AP Getty Images Reuters Obama's choice Hillary Rodham Clinton Robert Gates (O) Timothy Geithner Eric Holder (B) Ken Salazar (H) Tom Vilsack Bush's first Cabinet (2001) Colin Powell (B) Donald Rumsfeld Paul O'Neil John Ashcroft Gale Norton Ann Veneman Clinton's first Cabinet (1993) Warren Christopher Les Aspin Lloyd Bentsen Janet Reno Bruce Babbitt Mike Espy (B) Cabinet post Housing & Urban Development Transportation Energy Commerce Labor Health & Human Services HO/AFP/Getty Images AP Getty Images AP AP Getty Images Obama's choice Shaun Donovan Ray LaHood (O) Steven Chu (A) Bill Richardson (H) Hilda Solis (H) Tom Daschle Bush's first Cabinet (2001) Mel Martinez (H) Norm Mineta (A,O) Spencer Abraham Donald Evans Elaine Chao (A) Tommy Thompson Clinton's first Cabinet (1993) Henry Cisneros (H) Federico Pena (H) Hazel O'Leary (B) Ron Brown (B) Robert Reich Donna Shalala (W) Cabinet post Education Veterans Affairs Homeland Security United Nations ambassador{+2} EPA administrator{+2} Trade representative{+2} Getty Images Getty Images AP Reuters Getty Images Getty Images Obama's choice Arne Duncan Eric Shinseki (A) Janet Napolitano Susan Rice (B) Lisa Jackson (B) Ron Kirk (B) Bush's first Cabinet (2001) Rod Paige (B) Anthony Principi Tom Ridge{+1} John Negroponte Christine Todd Whitman Robert Zoellick Clinton's first Cabinet (1993) Richard Riley Jesse Brown (B) N/A Madeleine Albright Carol Browner Mickey Kantor Source: Reported by Catalina Camia, USA TODAY. 1 — Position created after Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. 2 — Cabinet rank, but not in presidential succession. http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2008-12-21-cabinet_N.htm