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Dr. Jack

(675 posts)
Tue Jan 19, 2021, 10:32 PM Jan 2021

Who will be the cabinet secretaries after tomorrow?

I guess I have a bit of a blind spot in my knowledge of presidential transitions. Im pretty sure none of Bidens cabinet picks will be approved by the Senate in the next 14 hours or so. In that case, who's running the various departments? I can't imagine Biden would want all of Trump's appointees like Mnuchin and Pompeo to hang around, so who will be in Bidens cabinet before his picks are confirmed by the Senate?

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Who will be the cabinet secretaries after tomorrow? (Original Post) Dr. Jack Jan 2021 OP
seems to be a news blackout on how that's going so far nt msongs Jan 2021 #1
Well nobodys been doing anything constructive for the last 4 years. milestogo Jan 2021 #2
Likely Deputies maybe leftieNanner Jan 2021 #3
I was wondering the same happybird Jan 2021 #4
It's reasonable to assume status remains quo; elleng Jan 2021 #5

happybird

(4,622 posts)
4. I was wondering the same
Tue Jan 19, 2021, 10:42 PM
Jan 2021

Yet another thing we’ve never had to worry about because transitions have always gone in a smooth and orderly fashion (at least, in my lifetime). The confirmations are going to take ages with a-holes like Hawley and Co. throwing out every objection they can possibly dream up. Sigh.

elleng

(131,084 posts)
5. It's reasonable to assume status remains quo;
Tue Jan 19, 2021, 10:44 PM
Jan 2021

it's not as if secretaries are needed to turn the wheels.

There were 5 hearings in the senate today.

As Rachel says, an Empty cabinet.

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