PRESIDENT BARACK H. OBAMA'S CABINET

In order of succession to the Presidency:

Vice President of the United States: Joseph R. Biden 

Department of State: Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton (http://www.state.gov)

Department of the Treasury: Secretary Timothy F. Geithner (http://www.treasury.gov)

Department of Defense: Secretary Robert M. Gates (http://www.defenselink.mil)

Department of Justice: Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. (http://www.usdoj.gov)

Department of the Interior: Secretary Kenneth L. Salazar (http://www.doi.gov)

Department of Agriculture: Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack (http://www.usda.gov)

Department of Commerce: Secretary Gary F. Locke (http://www.commerce.gov)

Department of Labor: Secretary Hilda L. Solis (http://www.dol.gov)

Department of Health and Human Services: (http://www.hhs.gov)

Department of Housing and Urban Development: Secretary Shaun L.S. Donovan (http://www.hud.gov)

Department of Transportation: Secretary Raymond L. LaHood (http://www.dot.gov)

Department of Energy: Secretary Steven Chu (http://www.energy.gov)

Department of Education: Secretary Arne Duncan (http://www.ed.gov)

Department of Veterans Affairs: Secretary Eric K. Shinseki (http://www.va.gov)

Department of Homeland Security: Secretary Janet A. Napolitano (http://www.dhs.gov)

The following positions have the status of Cabinet-rank:

Council of Economic Advisers:Chair Christina Romer (http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/cea/)

Environmental Protection Agency: Administrator Lisa P. Jackson (http://www.epa.gov)

Office of Management & Budget: Director Peter R. Orszag (http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb)

United States Ambassador to the United Nations: Ambassador Susan Rice

White House Chief of Staff: Rahm I. Emanuel