Below are the Obama Cabinet and other confirmation hearing dates for this week. Shown are date, nominee, department, and Senate committee.
Latest additions are the scheduling of hearings for William Lynn, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Robert Hale, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer; Michèle Flournoy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; and Jeh Charles Johnson, General Counsel, Department of Defense - all on Jan 15 before the Armed Services Committee.
A full list of Presidential Appointments requiring Senate confirmation is here. A full list of Presidential Appointments not requiring Senate confirmation is here. The latest updates can always be found on DemConWatch's Presidential Appointment Updates post.
Scheduled:
Jan 13, 9:30 AM - Hillary Clinton - Secretary of State - Foreign Relations (vote planned for Jan 15)
Jan 13, 10 AM - Arne Duncan - Education - Health, Education, Labor & Pension
Jan 13, 10 AM - Steve Chu - Energy - Energy & Natural Resources
Jan 13, 10 AM - Shaun Donovan - Housing and Urban Development - Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Jan 14, 10 AM - Lisa Jackson, EPA - Envronment & Public Works
Jan 14 - Eric Shinseki - Veteran Affairs - Veteran's Affairs
Jan 14, 10 AM - Tom Vilsack - Agriculture - Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry
Jan 14, 2 PM - Peter R. Orszag, Director, Office of Management and Budget, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Jan 14, 2 PM - Robert L. Nabors II, Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Jan 14, 2:30 PM - Ray LaHood - Transportation - Commerce, Science & Transportation
Jan 15, 9:30 - Eric Holder - Justice - Judiciary
Jan 15, 9:30 - Ken Salazar - Interior - Energy & Natural Resources
Jan 15 - Tim Geithner - Treasury - Finance
Jan 15, 10 AM - Janet Napolitano - Secretary of Homeland Security - Homeland Security & Government Affairs
Jan 15, 9:30 AM - Susan Rice - UN Ambassador - Foreign Relations
Jan 15, 9:30 AM - William Lynn, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Robert Hale, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer; Michèle Flournoy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; and Jeh Charles Johnson, General Counsel, Department of Defense - Armed Services
Still to be scheduled:
TBD - Commerce - Commerce, Science & Transportation
Tom Daschle - Health & Human Services - Finance (Also HEL&P)
No hearing needed:
Robert Gates - Defense
Held:
Jan 8, 10 AM - Tom Daschle - Secretary of Health and Human Services - Health, Education, Labor & Pension (Also Finance)
Jan 9, 9:30 AM - Hilda Solis - Labor - Health, Education, Labor & Pension