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Obama’s inner circle

Old faces from the Bush and Clinton years rub shoulders with newcomers in Obama's team

FIRST POSTED JANUARY 8, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama has nominated his cabinet and other senior members of the administration who will take over on January 20. All cabinet members have to be ratified by the Senate. Click on the names to find short profiles of each of the team.

• Vice President: Joe Biden

• Secretary of State: Hillary Clinton

• Secretary of Defence: Robert Gates

• Attorney General: Eric Holder

• Secretary of the Treasury: Timothy Geithner

Filed under: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Robert Gates, Eric Holder, Timothy Geithner, Janet Napolitano, Eric Shinseki, Steven Chu, Arne Duncan, Tom Daschle, Shaun Donovan, Hilda Solis, Ray LaHood, Ken Salazar, Tom Vilsack, Rahm Emanuel, James Jones, Leon Panetta, Dennis Blair, Susan Rice, Lawrence Summers, Robert Gibbs

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