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bush_cabinet_04.appHeader = "who's who|Changing faces";
bush_cabinet_04.appDeck = "Scroll below to learn about the changes to the Bush administration since he took office.";
bush_cabinet_04.appFooter = "Source: Reuters, MSNBC research";
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bush_cabinet_04[i-1].body = "Joshua Bolten served three years as director of the Office of Management and Budget and previously served as White House deputy chief of staff, before being selected March 28 to replace Andrew Card, effective April 14. Card was the second longest-serving chief of staff in U.S. history.";

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bush_cabinet_04[i-1].body = "Harriet Miers replaced Alberto Gonzales when he was named attorney general in November 2004 . Miers was nominated Oct. 3, 2005, to be an associated justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, but her nomination was withdrawn Oct. 27. She previously served as assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff, as well as staff secretary.";

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bush_cabinet_04[i-1].body = "Joshua Bolten served as budget director until being named White House chief of staff, effective April 14. He succeeded Mitch Daniels, who resigned in June 2003.<br>";

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bush_cabinet_04[i-1].body = "Scott McClellan served as Ari Fleischer&#146;s deputy and succeeded him after Fleischer stepped down July 15, 2003. ";

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bush_cabinet_04[i-1].body = "Colin Powell submitted his resignation to President Bush on Nov. 12. The news was announced Nov. 15, and on Nov. 16 the president nominated national security adviser Condoleezza Rice to take over. The Senate confirmed Rice's nomination Jan. 26, and she was to be sworn in later that day.";

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bush_cabinet_04[i-1].body = "Former deputy national security adviser Stephen Hadley was sworn in Jan. 26, 2005, to replace Condoleezza Rice, who was named secretary of state.";

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bush_cabinet_04[i-1].body = "Michael Chertoff, a federal appeals court judge, was sworn in Feb. 15, 2005, as head of the Department of Homeland Security. Formerly an assistant attorney general, Chertoff succeeded former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, the nation&#146;s first secretary of homeland security. Bernard Kerik was originally selected to replace Ridge but later withdrew his nomination over his hiring of an illegal immigrant as a nanny.";

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bush_cabinet_04[i-1].body = "President Bush on Dec. 13 nominated the current head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Mike Leavitt, to run the Department of Health and Human Services, replacing Tommy Thompson, who resigned Dec. 3. The Senate confirmed the nomination Jan. 26.";

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bush_cabinet_04[i-1].body = "President Bush on Nov. 10 named White House counsel Alberto Gonzales, a Texas confidant and one of the most prominent Hispanics in the administration, to succeed John Ashcroft.<p>Ashcroft, who had become a target of criticism by Democrats and civil liberties groups over the anti-terrorism policies implemented after Sept. 11, 2001, submitted his resignation Nov. 2.";

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bush_cabinet_04[i-1].body = "President Bush on Dec. 10 named Deputy Secretary of Commerce Samuel Bodman to succeed Spencer Abraham as secretary of energy. Abraham resigned Nov. 15. <p>The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved the nomination Jan. 26. The full Senate is expected to follow suit.";

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bush_cabinet_04[i-1].body = "President Bush on Dec. 2 named Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns, a Republican attorney who grew up on an Iowa dairy farm, to replace Ann Veneman, who resigned Nov. 15. The Senate confirmed Johanns' nomination Jan. 20.";

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bush_cabinet_04[i-1].body = "President Bush nominated Margaret Spellings, his domestic policy adviser, on Nov. 17 to replace Rod Paige, who resigned Nov. 15.<br>Spellings' nomination was confirmed by the Senate on Jan. 20.<br>";

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bush_cabinet_04[i-1].body = "President Bush nominated Carlos Gutierrez on Nov. 29 to replace Donald Evans, who resigned Nov. 9 to return to his native Texas. The Senate confirmed the nomination Jan. 24.<p>A native of Cuba, Gutierrez was chief executive officer of Kellogg Co.";

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bush_cabinet_04[i-1].body = "President Bush on Dec. 9 nominated former Republican National Committee Chairman Jim Nicholson to head Veterans Affairs.  Nicholson is a decorated Vietnam veteran and former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. The Senate confirmed the nomination Jan. 26.<p>Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi announced his resignation Dec. 8.";

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bush_cabinet_04[i-1].body = "The president has nominated Robert Zoellick to be deputy secretary of state, but there are no leading candidates to succeed him.<p>Possible successors include Gary Edson, former deputy assistant to the president for international economic affairs, and Grant Aldonas, undersecretary of commerce for international trade.";

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bush_cabinet_04[i-1].body = "Treasury Secretary John Snow was unanimously confirmed Jan. 30, 2003, and sworn in four days later. He previously headed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator and served as CEO of CSX Corp. He replaced Paul O&#146;Neill to become the nation&#146;s 73rd treasury secretary.";

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bush_cabinet_04[i-1].body = "Norman Mineta was nominated as transportation secretary by President Clinton and accepted President Bush&#146;s invitation to remain in the position, officially joining the administration on Jan. 25, 2001. The longest serving transportation secretary in U.S. history, he was also the first Asian-American Cabinet member.";

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bush_cabinet_04[i-1].body = "Idaho Gov. Dick Kempthorne was nominated March 16 to become the nation&#146;s 49th interior secretary. If confirmed, the two-term governor and former U.S. senator would replace Gale Norton, the first woman to head the department, who announced her resignation in March.";

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bush_cabinet_04[i-1].body = "Alphonso Jackson was unanimously confirmed March 31, 2004, as head the Department of Housing and Urban Development. He joined the Bush administration in June 2001 as HUD deputy secretary and COO. Jackson replaced Mel Martinez, who stepped down to run, successfully, for U.S. Senate in Florida.";

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bush_cabinet_04[i-1].body = "Labor Secretary Elaine Chao was confirmed Jan. 29, 2001, as the nation&#146;s 24th labor secretary and the first female Asian-American Cabinet member. Chao was selected after Bush&#146;s previous nominee, Linda Chavez, withdrew her name in the face of strong opposition.";

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