Who has Trump picked for his cabinet?published at 12:51 Greenwich Mean Time
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As we’ve been reporting, President-elect Donald Trump has made a flurry of cabinet picks ahead of his inauguration in January.
Some of the key picks include:
Health secretary: Former independent presidential candidate and vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr.
Secretary of veterans affairs: Former Georgia congressman Doug Collins, who served in Iraq with the US Air Force.
Director of national intelligence: Former congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, who once ran for president as a Democrat in 2020, has been named for the role.
Defense secretary: Army veteran and Fox News host Pete Hegseth. He’s also the former head of two advocacy groups for military veterans.
Secretary of state: Florida senator Marco Rubio. He opposed Trump in the 2016 Republican primary but has since mended fences.
Attorney general: Florida congressman Matt Gaetz. Some Senate Republicans have already signalled their opposition to his nomination.
National security adviser: Florida congressman Mike Waltz, who previously served 27 years in the US Army and National Guard.
Homeland security: South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem. Shewas earlier passed over to be Trump’s running mate after she told a story about how she killed her pet dog.
Border tsar: Former acting director of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) in Trump’s first term, Tom Homan.
Department of Government Efficiency: Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk and one-time presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the new department.
Chief of staff: Trump’s campaign co-chair Susie Wiles, who has been dubbed “the ice maiden” by the president-elect.
There are still key cabinet positions that are yet to be filled, including the secretaries for treasury, education, transportation and more.
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