WASHINGTON – As President Bush gets ready to serve a second term, several members of his Cabinet have decided to leave the administration. Here's a breakdown of the Cabinet departments, who is going, who Bush has tapped for replacements and who is staying:
IN TRANSITION
Secretary of Homeland Security
Out: Tom Ridge
In: Michael Chertoff, former Department of Justice Criminal Division chief
Secretary of Agriculture
Out: Ann M. Veneman
In: Mike Johanns, current governor of Nebraska
Secretary of Commerce
Out: Don Evans
In: Carlos Gutierrez, current CEO of Kellogg, Co.
Attorney General
Out: John Ashcroft
In: Alberto Gonzales, current White House counsel
Secretary of Education
Out: Rod Paige
In: Margaret Spellings, currently Bush's domestic policy adviser
Secretary of State
Out: Colin Powell
In: Condoleezza Rice, currently Bush's national security adviser
Secretary of Energy
Out: Spencer Abraham
In: Samuel W. Bodman, currently deputy secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Out: Anthony Principi
In: Jim Nicholson, currently U.S. ambassador to the Vatican
Secretary of Health & Human Services
Out: Tommy Thompson
In: Mike Leavitt, currently EPA administrator
NO CHANGE -- FOR NOW
Secretary of the Interior
Gale Norton
Secretary of Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Secretary of Labor
Elaine Chao
Secretary of Transportation
Norman Mineta
Secretary of the Treasury
John Snow
Secretary of Housing & Urban Development
Alphonso Jackson
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