Cabinet Picking
Choosing, nominating and confirming a Cabinet of a new President of the United States reveals their strengths, weaknesses and ideas.
Here’s a link to the Cabinet of President Dwight Eisenhower.
Chief of Staff: Sherman Adams
National Security Advisor: Robert Cutler
CIA Allen Dulles
Secretary of State: John Foster Dulles
Secretary of Treasury: George Humphrey
Secretary of Defense: Charles Wilson
Attorney General: Herbert Brownell
Postmaster General: Arthur Summerfelt
Secretary of Interior: Charles McKay
Secretary of Agriculture: Ezra Taft Benson
Secretary of Commerce: Sinclair Weeks
HEW: Oveta Culp Hobby
Labor: Martin Durkin
Here’s a link to the Cabinet of President Richard Nixon.
Chief of Staff: H. R. Haldeman
National Security Advisor: Henry Kissinger
CIA Richard Helms
Secretary of State William Rogers
Secretary of Treasury David Kennedy
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird
Attorney General John Mitchell
Postmaster General William Blount
Secretary of Interior Walter Hickel
Secretary of Agriculture Clifford Hardin
Secretary of Commerce Maurice Stans
Secretary of Labor George Shultz
HEW Robert Finch
HUD George Romney
Transportation John Volpe
Thus far, here are the names of President-Elect Trump’s Cabinet
Chief of Staff Reince Priebus
National Security Advisor Gen. Michael Flynn
CIA: Cong. Mike Pompeo
Secretary of State: ?
Secretary of Treasury: Steven Mnuchin
Secretary of Defense: Gen. James Mattes
Attorney General: Sen. Jeff Sessions
Secretary of Commerce: Wilbur Ross
HHS Dr. Tom Price
What do these comparisons tell us?
