Saturday, November 08, 2008

Names Surface for Top Obama Administration Jobs

This from Ed Week:

President-elect Obama is weighing an array of Washington insiders and outsiders, including some Republicans, for top administration posts, according to Democratic officials.

Obama has signaled that he will make no Cabinet-level appointments immediately, and his deliberations are tightly held by his closest aides. But that hasn't stopped Democrats and interest groups from circulating lists and offering recommendations to the Obama transition team.

Some are surprising, such as former Bush Secretary of State Colin Powell as possible education secretary. Others are high profile governors or members of Congress. Yet many are also little known to the general public — and may remain so.


EDUCATION SECRETARY ?

Colin Powell, former secretary of state, former chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff [and America's Promise Alliance Founding Chair].

Former North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt.

Arne Duncan, chief executive officer of Chicago public schools.

Inez Tenenbaum, former South Carolina schools superintendent....

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