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EVOLVING LIST OF RUMORED TRUMP APPOINTMENTS

Secretary of State  , former governor of Massachusetts and 2012 Republican presidential nominee  David Petraeus, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, retired American military officer  , former mayor  Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), current chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee  , former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during George W. Bush administration  Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Secretary of the Interior  Gov. (R-OK)  Forrest Lucas, co-founder of Lucas Oil  Mead Treadwell, former lieutenant governor of Alaska  Robert Grady, venture capitalist, former George H.W. Bush official  Richard Pombo, former congressman who chaired the House Natural Resources Committee  Jan Brewer, former governor  Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)  Sarah Palin, former Alaska governor

Secretary of the Treasury  , chairman of Dune Capital Management, former Goldman Sachs banker (NOMINATED AND ACCEPTED)

Secretary of Defense  Retired Marine Gen. James Mattis (NOMINATED AND ACCEPTED)

National Security Advisor  Retired Lt. Gen. , former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (NOMINATED AND ACCEPTED) * Kathleen Troia "KT" McFarland, national security analyst and a former and designated government security official, was nominated as the deputy national security advisor.

White House Chief of Staff  Reince Preibus, director of the Republican National Committee (ACCEPTED)

Secretary of Agriculture  Sid Miller, Texas secretary of agriculture  Gov. Sam Brownback (R-KS)  Dave Heineman, former governor of Nebraska  , former governor of Georgia  , former governor of Texas  Charles Herbster, Republican donor and agribusiness leader  Mike McCloskey, Indiana dairy executive  Bruce Rastetter, Iowa Republican donor  Kip Tom, farmer and defeated candidate for Congress (R-IN-3)  Chuck Connor, president and CEO of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives  Don Villwock, president of the Indiana Farm Bureau  Ted McKinney, director of Indiana Department of Agriculture  Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)

Secretary of Commerce  Wilbur Ross, Trump economic adviser, investor and former banker (NOMINATED AND ACCEPTED) *Todd Ricketts, co-owner of the Chicago Cubs, was nominated as the deputy secretary of commerce.

Secretary of Labor  Andrew Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants  Victoria Lipnic, commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and former assistant secretary of labor for employment standards during the George W. Bush administration  Peter Kirsanow, attorney, a former member of the National Labor Relations Board

Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services  Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), chairman of the House Budget Committee (NOMINATED AND ACCEPTED)

Secretary of Energy  Harold Hamm, CEO of Continental Resources and longtime Trump ally  Robert Grady, venture capitalist, former George H.W. Bush White House official  Rep. (R-ND)  Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)  Rick Perry, former Texas governor  James Connaughton, former utility executive who was President George W. Bush's chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality  Sen. (D-WV)  Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) * Kristine Svinicki, Republican commissioner of Nuclear Regulatory Commission, is seen as a potential deputy secretary pick.

Secretary of Education*  Betsy DeVos, philanthropist, chairwoman of the American Federation of Children, a pro- school voucher advocacy group (NOMINATED AND ACCEPTED)

Secretary of Veterans Affairs  Rep. Jeff Miller (R-FL), chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, retiring from Congress in 2016  Scott Brown, former Republican Senator from Massachusetts  Sarah Palin, former Alaska governor

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations  Gov. (R-SC) (NOMINATED AND ACCEPTED)

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency  Kathleen Hartnett White, the former head of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality  , attorney general of Oklahoma  Jeff Holmstead, former EPA official under George W. Bush administration  Robert Grady, venture capitalist, former George H.W. Bush White House official  Joe Aiello, director of Department of Environmental Protection’s Division on Environmental Safety and Quality Assurance  Carol Comer, commissioner of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management  Leslie Rutledge, attorney general of Arkansas  Myron Ebell, currently running the transition’s EPA agency landing team

Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security  , Kansas secretary of state  David Clarke, conservative sheriff of County,  Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), House Homeland Security Committee chairman  Rep. John Katko (R-NY), chairman of Homeland Security Committee’s Subcommittee on Transportation Security

Attorney General  Sen. (R-AL) (NOMINATED AND ACCEPTED)

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development  Dr. , retired neurosurgeon and former GOP primary candidate (NOMINATED AND ACCEPTED)

Secretary of Transportation  , secretary of labor in George W. Bush administration (NOMINATED AND ACCEPTED)

Director of the Office of Management and Budget  , staff director of the Senate Budget Committee  Tom Coburn, former Oklahoma senator  Kay Coles James, former director of the Office of Management and Budget during George W. Bush administration  Paul Winfree, director of economic policy research at  Linda Springer, former director of the Office of Management and Budget under George W. Bush  Robert Grady, venture capitalist, former George H.W. Bush White House official

U.S. Trade Representative  Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA)  Dan DiMicco, former chief executive of steel producer Nucor

Director of National Intelligence  Ronald Burgess, retired lieutenant general and former Defense Intelligence Agency chief  Robert Cardillo, director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency  Pete Hoekstra, former U.S. representative from Michigan  Sen. (R-IN)

Small Business Administration  Linda McMahon, a professional wrestling executive and former Connecticut senatorial candidate  Mary Anne Bradfield, member of Trump’s transition team for the Small Business Administration  Bruce LeVell, Georgia-based jewelry store owner who co-founded the National Diversity Coalition for Trump  Christine Toretti, chief executive of S.W. Jack Drilling Company,

NASA Administrator  Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), a former Navy pilot

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency  Rep. (R-KS) (NOMINATED AND ACCEPTED)

White House Press Secretary  Kellyanne Conway, Trump campaign manager  , campaign press secretary  , conservative talk radio host

Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor to the President  , former head of Breitbart News, Trump campaign CEO (ACCEPTED)

White House Counsel and Assistant to the President  Donald F. McGahn, partner with Jones Day law firm, former commissioner and chairman of the Federal Election Commission (ACCEPTED)