President-elect Barack Obama is weighing an array of Washington insiders and outsiders, including some Republicans, for Cabinet and other top positions, according to Democratic and transition officials, AP reported. They include:
Defense Secretary
Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
Former Navy Secretary Richard Danzig.
Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., critic of Iraq war, retiring from Senate.
Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., member of Senate Armed Services Committee.
John Hamre, former deputy defense secretary, now president of Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Treasury Secretary
Timothy Geithner, president of Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Secretary Of State
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-NY, former first lady and one-time rival of Obama's for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Attorney General
Eric Holder, former deputy attorney general.
Health And Human Services Secretary
Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D.
Homeland Security Secretary
Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano.
CIA Director
John Brennan, former director of the National Counterterrorism Center
National Intelligence Director
Tim Roemer, former Indiana congressman and member of the 9/11 commission.
Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., chairwoman of House Homeland Security intelligence subcommittee.
Don Kerr, Principal Deputy National Intelligence Director.
Jami Miscik, former head of CIA's analytical operations.
National Security Adviser
Retired Marine Gen. James Jones.
James B. Steinberg, former deputy national security adviser.
Energy Secretary
Dan Reicher, director of climate change and energy initiatives at Google, former assistant energy secretary in charge of efficiency and renewable energy programs in the Clinton administration.
Former Rep. Philip Sharp, D-Ind., president of Resources for the Future think tank.
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.
Interior Secretary
Former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber.
Former Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles.
Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif.
EPA Administrator
Lisa P. Jackson, commissioner of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
Mary Nichols, head of California Air Resources Board.
Kathleen McGinty, former secretary of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
Housing And Urban Development Secretary
Miami Mayor Manny Diaz.
Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C.
Renee Glover, head of Atlanta's housing authority
Nicolas Retsinas, director of Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies
Shaun Donovan, commissioner of New York City's housing department.
Labor Secretary
Ed McElroy, former president of the American Federation of Teachers
Former Rep. Dick Gephardt of Missouri
Linda Chavez-Thompson, former AFL-CIO vice president
Former Rep. David Bonior, member of Obama's Transition Economic Advisory Board.
Maria Echaveste, former Clinton White House adviser.
Commerce Secretary
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson.
Laura D'Andrea Tyson, former chair of White House Council of Economic Advisers under President Clinton.
Office Of Management And Budget Director
Peter Orszag, director of Congressional Budget Office.
Education Secretary
Colin Powell, former secretary of state, former chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.
Arne Duncan, chief executive officer of Chicago public schools.
Inez Tenenbaum, former South Carolina schools superintendent.
Linda Darling-Hammond, education professor at Stanford University.
Transportation Secretary
Jane Garvey, former head of Federal Aviation Administration.
Mortimer Downey, former deputy transportation secretary.
Former House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt.
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.
Agriculture Secretary
Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack.
Tom Buis, president of National Farmers Union.
Former Rep. Charles Stenholm, D-Texas.
Veterans Affairs
Tammy Duckworth, a disabled Iraq war veteran and Illinois veterans affairs director.
Former Sen. Max Cleland of Georgia, a Vietnam veteran who had three limbs amputated after a grenade blast.
Current VA Secretary James Peake.
Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown.