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On January 21, 2009, Chu was sworn in as Secretary of Energy in the Barack Obama administration. Chu is the first person appointed to the Cabinet after having won a Nobel Prize. He is also the second Chinese American to be a member of the Cabinet after Elaine Chao. [173]
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United States presidents typically fill their Cabinets and other appointive positions with people from their own political party.The first Cabinet formed by the first president, George Washington, included some of Washington's political opponents, but later presidents adopted the practice of filling their Cabinets with members of the president's party.
On January 21, 2009, Chu was sworn in as Secretary of Energy in the Barack Obama administration. Chu is the first person appointed to the U.S. Cabinet after having won a Nobel Prize. [54] He is also the second Chinese American to be a member of the U.S. Cabinet, after former Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke. [55]
Obama also appointed two longtime administration insiders, Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett and National Security Advisor Susan Rice, to the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the ...
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Small Business Administration: Karen Mills** 2009–2013: Maria Contreras-Sweet: 2014–2017: Chief of Staff: Rahm Emanuel: 2009–2010: William M. Daley: 2011–2012: Jack Lew: 2012–2013: Denis McDonough: 2013–2017 *Retained from previous administration **Elevated to cabinet-level in January 2012