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Thursday, March 7, 2013

The Second-Term Shakeup
President Barack Obama is naming new people to fill key posts in his second term, as some top officials leave. Here is a look at his second-term lineup.

Cabinet Positions
Resigned
Department of Labor
Hilda Solis
Resigned
Department of Transportation
Ray LaHood
Resigned
Small Business Administration
Karen Gordon Mills
Nominated, not yet confirmed
Department of Energy
Ernest Moniz
Nominated, not yet confirmed
Department of the Interior
Sally Jewell
Confirmed by Senate
Department of Defense
Chuck Hagel
Confirmed by Senate
Department of State
John Kerry
Confirmed by Senate
Department of the Treasury
Jack Lew
Current, expected to leave
Department of Commerce
Rebecca Blank
Current, expected to stay
Department of Justice
Eric Holder Jr.
Current, expected to stay
Department of Agriculture
Thomas J. Vilsack
Current, expected to stay
Department of Health and Human Services
Kathleen Sebelius
Current, expected to stay
Department of Homeland Security
Janet Napolitano
Current, expected to stay
Department of Veterans Affairs
Eric Shinseki
Currently serving
Department of Education
Arne Duncan
Currently serving
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Shaun Donovan
Other Top Officials
Resigned
United States Trade Representative
Ronald Kirk
Nominated, not yet confirmed
Environmental Protection Agency
Gina McCarthy
Nominated, not yet confirmed
Securities and Exchange Commission
Mary Jo White
Nominated, not yet confirmed
Office of Management & Budget
Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Nominated, not yet confirmed
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Richard Cordray
Named, no confirmation required
White House Chief of Staff
Denis McDonough
Named, no confirmation required
Federal Trade Commission
Edith Ramirez
Confirmed by Senate
Central Intelligence Agency
John Brennan
Current, expected to stay
Federal Communications Commission
Julius Genachowski
Current, expected to stay
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Gary Gensler
Current, expected to stay
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Martin Gruenberg
Current, expected to stay
National Security Adviser
Thomas Donilon
Currently serving
United States Ambassador to the United Nations
Susan Rice
Currently serving
Council of Economic Advisers
Alan Krueger
Currently serving
Federal Reserve
Ben Bernanke
Currently serving
Food and Drug Administration
Margaret A. Hamburg
Currently serving
Director of National Intelligence
James Clapper
Currently serving
National Economic Council
Gene Sperling
Currently serving
Press Secretary
Jay Carney
Currently serving
Surgeon General
Regina Benjamin

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