Subject: Re: 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]>
Cc: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 16:40:02 -0500

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On Nov 10, 2016, at 12:52 PM, Alexander S. Mackler <[email-masked]>
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I truly hope he picks all these clowns.

ASM

On Nov 10, 2016, at 12:13 PM, Eric Schwerin <[email-masked]>
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https://www.buzzfeed.com/johnstanton/secretary-of-education-ben-carson-heres-a-list-potential-tru?utm_term=.ycvg2Pwpw#.qwWM8Kydy

Secretary Of Education Ben Carson? Here’s A List Of Potential Trump
Cabinet PicksThe list isn’t final but includes plum roles for Chris
Christie, Jeff Sessions, and Reince Priebus.

Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Still, some seem clearly designed to create buzz — like the possible
nomination of Sarah Palin to head the Department of the Interior.

*List of Potential Trump Cabinet Nominees:*

*Attorney General:*

Gov. Chris Christie

Attorney General Pam Bondi

Sen. Jeff Sessions

Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani

*Secretary of Commerce:*

Christie

Former Nucor CEO Dan DiMicco

Businessman Lew Eisenberg

Former Gov. Mike Huckabee

Sen. David Perdue

Former Sen. Jim Talent

*Agriculture Secretary:*

Gov. Sam Brownback

National Council of Farmer Cooperatives CEO Chuck Conner

Gov. Dave Heineman

Texas Agricultural Commissioner Sid Miller

Former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue

*Secretary of Education:*

Ben Carson

Hoover Institution fellow William Evers

*Secretary of Energy:*

Venture Capitalist Robert Grady

Businessman Harold Hamm

*Secretary of Health and Human Services:*

Former New Jersey state Sen. Rich Bagger

Ben Carson

Newt Gingrich

Gov. Rick Scott

*Secretary of Homeland Security:*

Christie

Sheriff David Clarke

*Secretary of the Interior:*

Gov. Jan Brewer

Gov. Mary Fallin

Grady

Hamm

Oil Executive Forrest Lucas

Rep. Cynthia Lummis

Former Gov. Sarah Palin

*Secretary of Defense:*

Former Gen. Mike Flynn

Stephen Hadley

Rep. Duncan Hunter Jr.

Sessions

Former Sen. Jim Talent

*Secretary of State:*

John Bolton

Sen. Bob Corker

Gingrich

*Treasury Secretary:*

Rep. Jeb Hensarling

Businessman Carl Icahn

Banker Steven Mnuchin

*Chief of Staff:*

Reince Priebus

*Director of Office of Management and Budget:*

Sessions

*Secretary of Labor:*

EEOC Commissioner Victoria Lipnic

*Veterans Affairs:*

Rep. Jeff Miller

*White House Counsel:*

Donald McGahn

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