Subject: Secretary Of Education Ben Carson? Here's A List Of Potential Trump Cabinet Picks - BuzzFeed News
From: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
To: "Alexander S. Mackler" <[email-masked]>, "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 12:13:47 -0500

Wow.  Barely a woman or a minority among them.

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> https://www.buzzfeed.com/johnstanton/secretary-of-education-ben-carson-heres-a-list-potential-tru?utm_term=.ycvg2Pwpw#.qwWM8Kydy <https://www.buzzfeed.com/johnstanton/secretary-of-education-ben-carson-heres-a-list-potential-tru?utm_term=.ycvg2Pwpw#.qwWM8Kydy>
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> Secretary Of Education Ben Carson? Here’s A List Of Potential Trump Cabinet Picks
> The list isn’t final but includes plum roles for Chris Christie, Jeff Sessions, and Reince Priebus.
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> Justin Sullivan / Getty Images
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> President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has put together a who’s who shortlist of Trump surrogates and advisers to take top positions in his administration next year, ranging from former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani for attorney general to 39-year-old Rep. Duncan Hunter Jr. to be the secretary of defense.
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> The list of 41 names, obtained by BuzzFeed News, covers 13 departments, the attorney general, Office of Management and Budget, White House chief of staff, and White House counsel.
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> A source familiar with the list stressed it was not final, and it is unclear whether transition officials have narrowed it down or added more potential candidates for consideration by Trump.
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> In a handful of instances there is only one candidate listed — Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus is the only name listed for chief of staff, EEOC Commissioner Victoria Lipnic is listed for secretary of labor, Rep. Jeff Miller as veterans affairs administrator, Sen. Jeff Sessions as director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Donald McGahn, who has served as counsel to Trump’s campaign, to be White House counsel.
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> In some cases, it appears the transition team is looking to find a home for a particularly loyal ally — Ben Carson, for instance, is listed as a potential candidate to be the secretary of education and secretary of health and human services, while Sen. Jeff Sessions is listed as a possible attorney general, head of the Office of Management and Budget, or secretary of defense.
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> Likewise, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who is heading up the transition team, has his chips spread across the board, listed as a candidate for AG, commerce secretary, and homeland security secretary. Christie may face unusual scrutiny after the guilty verdicts handed down to two of his former advisers in the trial over the George Washington Bridge lane closures.
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> Although political appointments, cabinet-level positions typically require some level of expertise in the issues they cover. Most of the candidates either have at least nominal experience in their issue areas — for instance, Sessions is a former judge who has also served on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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> Still, some seem clearly designed to create buzz — like the possible nomination of Sarah Palin to head the Department of the Interior.
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> List of Potential Trump Cabinet Nominees:
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> Attorney General:
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> Gov. Chris Christie
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> Attorney General Pam Bondi
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> Sen. Jeff Sessions
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> Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani
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> Secretary of Commerce:
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> Christie
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> Former Nucor CEO Dan DiMicco
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> Businessman Lew Eisenberg
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> Former Gov. Mike Huckabee
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> Sen. David Perdue
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> Former Sen. Jim Talent
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> Agriculture Secretary:
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> Gov. Sam Brownback
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> National Council of Farmer Cooperatives CEO Chuck Conner
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> Gov. Dave Heineman
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> Texas Agricultural Commissioner Sid Miller
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> Former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue
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> Secretary of Education:
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> Ben Carson
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> Hoover Institution fellow William Evers
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> Secretary of Energy:
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> Venture Capitalist Robert Grady
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> Businessman Harold Hamm
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> Secretary of Health and Human Services:
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> Former New Jersey state Sen. Rich Bagger
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> Ben Carson
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> Newt Gingrich
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> Gov. Rick Scott
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> Secretary of Homeland Security:
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> Christie
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> Sheriff David Clarke
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> Secretary of the Interior:
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> Gov. Jan Brewer
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> Gov. Mary Fallin
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> Grady
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> Hamm
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> Oil Executive Forrest Lucas
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> Rep. Cynthia Lummis
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> Former Gov. Sarah Palin
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> Secretary of Defense:
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> Former Gen. Mike Flynn
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> Stephen Hadley
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> Rep. Duncan Hunter Jr.
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> Sessions
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> Former Sen. Jim Talent
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> Secretary of State:
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> John Bolton
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> Sen. Bob Corker
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> Gingrich
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> Treasury Secretary:
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> Rep. Jeb Hensarling
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> Businessman Carl Icahn
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> Banker Steven Mnuchin
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> Chief of Staff:
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> Reince Priebus
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> Director of Office of Management and Budget:
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> Sessions
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> Secretary of Labor:
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> EEOC Commissioner Victoria Lipnic
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> Veterans Affairs:
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> Rep. Jeff Miller
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> White House Counsel:
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> Donald McGahn
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