11 - Civics

Hannah Diffee

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Reporting and Writing for the Mass Media

Fall 2024


11 - Civics


Donald Trump's Staff Picks

This past week, President-Elect Donald Trump began announcing his selections for White House senior staff, aides, and members of his Cabinet. All nominees must gain full majority approval by the Senate before assuming their roles. The list of nominees is below (source: The Associated Press and CBS News). Updated as of 11/16/24 at 9 p.m.

Cabinet
Attorney General: Matt Gaetz
Defense Secretary: Pete Hegseth
Director of National Intelligence: Tulsi Gabbard
Secretary of State: Marco Rubio
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director: John Ratcliffe
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Homeland Security: Kristi Noem
Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Doug Collins
Interior Secretary: Doug Burgum
Environmental Protection Agency: Lee Zeldin
Solicitor General: Dean John Sauer
US Attorney for the Southern District of New York: Jay Clayton
Secretary of Energy: Chris Wright

White House Staff
Chief of Staff: Susie Wiles
National Security Adviser: Mike Waltz
Border Czar: Tom Homan
Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy: Stephen Miller
Deputy Chief of Staff: Dan Scavino
Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative, Political and Public Affairs: James Blair
Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications and Personnel: Taylor Budowich
Presidential Personnel Office Head: Sergio Gor
Communications Director: Steven Cheung
Press Secretary: Karoline Leavitt
White House Counsel: William McGinley

Ambassadors and Envoys
Special Envoy to the Middle East: Steven Witkoff
Ambassador to Israel: Mike Huckabee
Ambassador to the United Nations: Elise Stefanik

Members of the cabinet include the vice president and the heads of the 15 executive departments, as well as "the White House Chief of Staff, the US Ambassador to the United Nations, the Director of National Intelligence, and the US Trade Representative, as well as the heads of the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Management and Budget, Council of Economic Advisers, Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Small Business Administration" (The White House).

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