AP lists possible Obama appointments

Obama has less than 11 weeks to staff his new administration. Some names often mentioned as possible appointees to top posts:

DEFENSE SECRETARY

• Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
• Former Navy Secretary Richard Danzig.
• Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., critic of Iraq war, retiring from Senate.
• Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., member of Senate Armed Services Committee.

TREASURY SECRETARY

• Timothy Geithner, president of Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
• Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker.
• Lawrence Summers, former treasury secretary and one-time Harvard University president.

SECRETARY OF STATE

• Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M., former U.N. ambassador and energy secretary.
• Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., 2004 presidential nominee.
• Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., former chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
• Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., critic of Iraq war, retiring from Senate.
• Richard Holbrooke, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

ATTORNEY GENERAL

• Eric Holder, former deputy attorney general.
• Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano.
• Rep. Artur Davis, D-Ala., member of House Judiciary Committee.
• Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, former assistant U.S. attorney for civil rights.

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