T H E BUSH A D M I N I S T R A T I O N
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NAME
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MINISTRY
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PREVIOUS
CAREER
|
STATE
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MINORITY?
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| 1 | vacant | Agriculture | |||
| 2 | Carlos Gutierrez | Commerce | corporate CEO | Michigan | Hispanic |
| 3 | Robert Gates | Defense | CIA bureaucrat/director | Kansas | |
| 4 | Margaret Spellings | Education | school board official, state government bureaucrat | Texas | Female |
| 5 | Samuel Bodman | Energy | corporate CEO, federal government bureaucrat | Massachusetts | |
| 6 | Mike Leavitt | Health | governor, Environmental Protection Agency director | Utah | |
| 7 | Michael Chertoff | Homeland Security | judge, federal prosecutor | New Jersey | |
| 8 | Alphonso Jackson | Housing | professor, housing authority CEO, federal government bureaucrat | Texas | Black |
| 9 | Dick Kempthorne | Interior | governor, senator, mayor | Idaho | |
| 10 | vacant | Justice | |||
| 11 | Elaine Chao | Labor | federal government bureaucrat, charity firm CEO | Kentucky | Asian |
| 12 | Condoleezza Rice | State | professor, White House national security advisor | California | Black, female |
| 13 | Mary Peters | Transportation | public transporation official, state director of transportation department | Arizona | |
| 14 | Henry Paulson | Treasury | CEO of various banking firms | Florida | |
| 15 | James Nicholson | Veterans' Affairs | army veteran (colonel), ambassador | Iowa |
Former members
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NAME
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MINISTRY
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PREVIOUS
CAREER
|
STATE
|
MINORITY?
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| Mike Johanns | Agriculture | governor | Nebraska | |
| Donald Rumsfeld | Defense | congressman, NATO ambassador, White House bureaucrat, corporate CEO, former defense secretary | Illinois | |
| Gale Norton | Interior | state attorney general, federal government bureaucrat | Colorado | Female |
| Alberto Gonzalez | Justice | state supreme court justice, White House counsel | Texas | Hispanic |
| John Ashcroft | Justice | governor, senator | Missouri | |
| Norman Mineta | Transportation | congressman, corporate executive | California | Asian |
| Paul O'Neil | Treasury | corporate CEO, federal government bureaucrat | Pennsylvania |
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| John Snow | Treasury | corporate CEO, federal government bureaucrat | Virginia | |
| Colin Powell | State | general, White House national security advisor | New York | Black |