The White House has released a list of candidates nominated by the president for ministerial positions in his administration.
On his first day in office, new US President Donald Trump announced a list of nominees for his administration’s Cabinet. The nomination covers major departments, including the Department of Defense, the Department of the Treasury and the Department of State. The White House website reported this on Monday, January 20.
Trump proposed the following candidates:
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Scott Bessent (D-South Carolina) – Secretary of the Treasury
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Pamela Bondi (D-Florida) for Attorney General
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Douglas Burgum (North Dakota) – Secretary of the Interior
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Laurie Chavez-DeRemer (D-Oregon) for Secretary of Labor
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Douglas Collins (D-Ga.) as Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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Sean Duffy (D-Wisconsin) for Secretary of Transportation
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Peter Hegseth (D-Tennessee) – Secretary of Defense
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (D-Calif.) as Secretary of Health and Human Services
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Howard Lutnick (D-NY) as Secretary of Commerce
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Linda McMahon (D-Conn.) for Secretary of Education
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Kristi Noem (D-South Dakota) for Secretary of Homeland Security
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Brooke Rollins (D-Texas) as Secretary of Agriculture
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Mark Rubio (D-FL) for Secretary of State
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Eric Turner (D-Texas) as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
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Christopher Wright (D-Colorado) as Secretary of Energy
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Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) to serve as Director of National Intelligence
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Jamison Greer (D-Maryland) – to the position of US Trade Representative with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
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Kelly Loeffler (D-Ga.) as Administrator of the Small Business Administration
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John Ratcliffe (D-Texas) – as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
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Alice Stefanik (D-New York) – for the post of US Representative to the United Nations with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, as well as for the post of US Representative to the UN Security Council
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Alice Stefanik (D-NY) – to serve as US Representative to the UN General Assembly during her tenure as US Representative to the UN
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Russell Vought (D-VA) as Director of the Office of Management and Budget
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Lee Zeldin (D-NY) as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Candidates must be approved by the US Congress prior to appointment.
Let’s remember that after the official part of the inauguration, Trump signed several orders. They are concerned about Cabinet-level appointments, as well as 47 appointments to lower positions.
Trump has officially become the President of the United States
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