US President George W. Bush has completed decisions on the future of all
his Cabinet members, asking four secretaries to remain for his second term on
Thursday.
Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, Interior Secretary Gale Norton,
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jacksonand Labor Secretary
Elaine Chao have agreed to serve in Bush's new Cabinet, White House spokesman
Scott McClellan said.
Nine of the 15 Cabinet members during Bush's first term have resigned in a
post-election shuffle. Bush has asked Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and
Treasury Secretary John Snow to stay, and both have agreed.
Bush has nominated seven replacements for those resigned in his cabinet. The
latest was the choice Thursday of Jim Nicholson, former chairman of the
Republican National Committee and current US ambassador to the Vatican, as the
next secretary of the Veterans Affairs Department.
Bush still needs to fill the top jobs at the Energy and Health and Human
Services departments.
