Al Gore's Cabinet

Hey guys. Im writing a timeline about an Al Gore presidency and could use some assistance. I have a decent outline of his first term and international events. But I need help picking the Presidents cabinet. So I turn to you, my future readers, for advice. Right now I have a few positions filled, but a good number of big ones are still open. Heres what I have so far:
  • Secretary of State: Dick Holbrooke
  • Attorney General: Jamie Gorelick
  • Secretary of Health and Human Services: John Kitzhaber
  • National Security Advisor: Leon Furth
  • Domestic Policy Advisor: Elaine Kamarck
  • Chief of Staff: Ron Klain
  • UN Ambassador: Jim Sasser
  • Secretary of Defense: Maybe Sam Nunn, but Im not entirely certain
So there it is. Please offer any suggestions you may have
 
Hey guys. Im writing a timeline about an Al Gore presidency and could use some assistance. I have a decent outline of his first term and international events. But I need help picking the Presidents cabinet. So I turn to you, my future readers, for advice. Right now I have a few positions filled, but a good number of big ones are still open. Heres what I have so far:
  • Secretary of State: Dick Holbrooke
  • Attorney General: Jamie Gorelick
  • Secretary of Health and Human Services: John Kitzhaber
  • National Security Advisor: Leon Furth
  • Domestic Policy Advisor: Elaine Kamarck
  • Chief of Staff: Ron Klain
  • UN Ambassador: Jim Sasser
  • Secretary of Defense: Maybe Sam Nunn, but Im not entirely certain
So there it is. Please offer any suggestions you may have

Greenfield goes for Sam Nunn as SecDef in his Gore Novella. Also has Paul Krugman as Chief Economic Advisor and Richard Parsons as Treasury Secretary. His choices for SecState, AG, NSA, CoS are the same as your choices. Also, I have an idea for 9/11. Let me know if you are interested.
 
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Hey guys. Im writing a timeline about an Al Gore presidency and could use some assistance. I have a decent outline of his first term and international events. But I need help picking the Presidents cabinet. So I turn to you, my future readers, for advice. Right now I have a few positions filled, but a good number of big ones are still open. Heres what I have so far:
  • Secretary of State: Dick Holbrooke
  • Attorney General: Jamie Gorelick
  • Secretary of Health and Human Services: John Kitzhaber
  • National Security Advisor: Leon Furth
  • Domestic Policy Advisor: Elaine Kamarck
  • Chief of Staff: Ron Klain
  • UN Ambassador: Jim Sasser
  • Secretary of Defense: Maybe Sam Nunn, but Im not entirely certain
So there it is. Please offer any suggestions you may have

A pretty good list. I wouldn't actually have been surprised if Bill Cohen didn't stay on at Defense. It would have relieved Gore of the task of finding another Republican to put into the Cabinet.
 
A few weeks ago in a post about what if Clinton had died in office this is the cabinet I picked for Gore.

Al Gore's cabinet:

Secretary of State: Richard Holbrooke
Secretary of Defense: Sam Nunn
Secretary of Treasury: Erskine Bowles
Attorney General: Eric Holder
Secretary of the Interior: Tom Udall
Secretary of Agriculture: Jim Hunt
Secretary of Commerce: Tom Downey
Secretary of Labor: Alexis Herman
Secretary of HHS: Howard Dean
Secretary of HUD: Donna Brazile
Secretary of Transportation: Rodney Slater
Secretary of Energy: Bill Richardson
Secretary of Education: Donald M. Payne
Secretary of VA: Bob Kerrey

I think Bill Daley would have been his Chief of Staff.
 
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