U.S. Government Officials & Departments

Links to all U.S. federal government departments and agencies may be found at Official Federal Government Web Sites, a Library of Congress Internet Resource Page.

Listed below are holders of senior government posts in the Bush administration. (Date of Senate confirmation follows name of incumbent. Positions not requiring Senate confirmation are marked *)

Cabinet Departments	Secretaries
Agriculture http://www.usda.gov	Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer (Feb. 6, 2008)
Commerce http://www.doc.gov	Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez (Jan 26, 2005)
Defense http://www.defenselink.mil/	Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (Dec. 18, 2006)
Education http://www.ed.gov	Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings (Jan. 26, 2005)
Energy http://www.energy.gov	Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman ( Feb. 01, 2005)
Health and Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/	Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt (Jan. 26, 2005)
Homeland Security http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/index.jsp	Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff (Feb. 15, 2005)
Housing and Urban Development http://www.hud.gov	Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Steve Preston (June 04, 2008)
Interior http://www.doi.gov/	Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne (June 7, 2006)
Justice http://www.usdoj.gov	Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey (Nov. 8, 2007)
Labor http://www.dol.gov/	Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao (Jan. 29, 2001)
State http://www.state.gov/	Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (Jan. 26, 2005)
Transportation http://www.dot.gov/	Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters (Sept. 30, 2006)
Treasury http://www.ustreas.gov/	Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson, Jr (June 28, 2006)
Veterans Affairs http://www.va.gov	Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Peake (nominated Oct. 30, 2007)
Executive Office of the President
National Economic Council http://www.whitehouse.gov/nec/index.html	Assistant to the President for Economic Policy Keith Hennessey *
Office of Management and Budget http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/	Director Jim Nussle (Sep. 4, 2007)
Council of Economic Advisors http://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/about.html	Chairman Edward P. Lazear (Feb. 17, 2006)
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative http://www.ustr.gov/	Trade Representative Susan Schwab (Nov. 10, 2005)
National Security Council http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/index.html	Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Stephen Hadley* (Jan 26, 2005)
White House Press Secretary	Dana Perino (Sept. 17, 2007)*
White House Chief of Staff	Joshua B. Bolten * (Mar 28, 2006)
Other Offices
Director of National Intelligence	Mike McConnell
Central Intelligence Agency http://www.cia.gov/	Director Gen. Michael Hayden (May 26, 2006)
U.S. Representative to the United Nations http://www.usunnewyork.usmission.gov	John R. Bolton (Resigned Dec. 05, 2006)
Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/	Administrator Stephen L. Johnson (May 2, 2005)

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