Barack Obama nominates Tom Perez as US secretary of labour
Reuters | Monday March 18, 2013
President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Tom Perez, head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, as labour secretary, a Cabinet member who will play a key role in the administration's efforts to raise the minimum wage and reform immigrat...
Two Obama cabinet nominees face key votes today
Agence France-Presse | Tuesday February 26, 2013
New picks to lead the Pentagon and the US Treasury face key hurdles Tuesday in the Senate, as President Barack Obama fleshes out his second-term cabinet amid trying times for defense and finance.
Barack Obama picks female business executive for Interior Department
Agence France-Presse | Thursday February 7, 2013
President Barack Obama will seek to add another woman to his cabinet on Wednesday by picking business executive Sally Jewell to head the vast Interior Department, a White House official said.
America's first black president criticised for white male cabinet
Reuters | Thursday January 31, 2013
The first black US president is coming under fire from some of his own Democratic Party for naming a stream of white men to key cabinet and leadership posts in his second administration.
Barack Obama to nominate chief of staff Jack Lew for Treasury: media
Press Trust of India | Wednesday January 9, 2013
President Barack Obama plans to nominate his chief of staff Jack Lew as his next Treasury secretary, replacing Timothy Geithner, US media reported on Wednesday.
Barack Obama's defense pick faces rough going in Senate
Associated Press | Tuesday January 8, 2013
President Barack Obama's pick of Chuck Hagel to run the Pentagon faces rough going in the Senate as a handful of Republicans quickly announced their opposition to a former GOP colleague, and several skeptical Democrats reserved judgment until the nom...
Barack Obama taps Chuck Hagel for Pentagon, John Brennan for CIA
Associated Press | Monday January 7, 2013
President Barack Obama on Monday will nominate Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary and counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, two potentially controversial picks for his second-term national security team...
Barack Obama to nominate John Brennan as CIA director
Associated Press | Monday January 7, 2013
President Barack Obama will nominate John Brennan as his next director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
On foreign policy, Democratic Senator John Kerry is Barack Obama's good soldier
Associated Press | Monday December 17, 2012
Democratic Senator John Kerry stands tall as President Barack Obama's good soldier.
