| Will Obama have a more diverse cabinet than George Bush?
George Bush has appointed more minorities to cabinet level positions than any other president.Women, African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, immigrants. It's been a record of historical firsts.Just to point out he is a Republican. Here is an incomplete list.Colin Powell, the first African-American Secretary of State; Condoleezza Rice, the first African-American woman to serve as National Security Advisory Advisor; Alberto Gonzales, to be the first Hispanic to hold one of the powerful "big four" Cabinet jobs, attorney general. Margaret Spellings, Dept of Education, Cuban-born Carlos Gutierrez to head Commerce.Elaine Chao, first Chinese American to serve as Secretary of Labor, Gale Norton, first woman Secretary of the interior, Secretary Ann M. Vneman, first woman secretary of Agriculture.’ “HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson (former Secretary Mel Martinez; Secretary of Education Rod Paige; Secretary of Transportation Nom Mineta; Energy Secretary Spencer Abraha
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