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Bid for gay commerce secretary ignored

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:27:16 +0000

President Barack Obama on Wednesday named former Washington governor Gary Locke to head the Commerce Department, ignoring a grassroots effort by an LGBT group to have an openly gay man nominated for the job.

Renewed pressure to appoint gay man to Cabinet

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:09:42 +0000

(Washington) A new effort is underway to convince President Obama to name Fred Hochberg as Commerce Secretary. Boston-based Equal Rep pressed last month to have Hochberg named to the post. (...)

Holder confirmed as attorney general

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:07:16 +0000

(Washington) The Senate has voted 75-21 to confirm Eric Holder as the first African-American attorney general.

Holder also is the only African-American currently in President Barack Obama’s(...)

Senate committee OKs holder for AG

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:01:37 +0000

(Washington) Eric Holder’s nomination as the first African-American attorney general moved to the full Senate on Wednesday with broad bipartisan support, as Republicans who earlier criticized(...)

Holder grilled, Clinton advances

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:04:47 +0000

(Washington) Attorney General-nominee Eric Holder Jr. faced tough questioning Thursday by the Senate Justice Committee over his role in the pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich during the(...)

GOP threatens Obama AG pick; Pressure mounts for gay Commerce Sec.

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:55:58 +0000

As one LGBT political group presses for the appointment of a gay man to replace Commerce Secretary-nominee Bill Richardson, another is coming to the defense of Attorney General-nominee Eric Holder Jr.

Gay ambassador likely to return under Clinton State Dept.

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:45:52 +0000

(Washington) Preparing for her new role as secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton is moving to surround herself with a cast of die-hard loyalists and veterans of her husband’s administration(...)

Gays, Asians seek visibility in Obama Cabinet

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:44:49 +0000

(Washington) Barack Obama, soon to be the first black U.S. president, is on the road to making good his pledge to have a Cabinet and White House staff that are among most diverse ever, although(...)

Attorney Gen pick praised by gay rights org

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:41:25 +0000

(Washington) President-Elect Barack Obama’s choice of Eric Holder as Attorney General of the United States has won praise from the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization.

The Human(...)

Obama, Clinton meet in Chicago

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:36:10 +0000

(Chicago) President-elect Barack Obama has met in Chicago with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is under consideration for secretary of state.

A Democratic official says the two former(...)