Here's what President-elect Trump's White House team looks like to date:
Vice President
Mike Pence
Bio: Vice President-elect has a long record of public service. Referring to himself as "a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican, in that order," Pence was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000. In 2013, he became the 50th Governor if the state of Indiana.
Prior to his career in politics, Pence worked an attorney and talk radio host.
Chief Of Staff
Reince Priebus
Bio: Before joining the Trump White House, Reinhold Richard "Reince" Priebus was the Chairman of the Republican National Committee and the RNC general counsel.
Prior to his political career, Priebus was a practicing lawyer in Wisconsin.
Chief Strategist And Senior Counsel
Steven K. Bannon
Bio: Steve Bannon became chief executive officer of the Donald Trump's presidential campaign on August 17, 2016.
Prior to his political career, Bannon was an investment banker, a businessman, and media executive, working as the executive chairman of Breitbart News.
Bannon served in the United States Navy from 1976-1983.
White House Counsel
Donald McGahn
Bio: Donald (Don) McGahn II was tapped on November 25th to serve as Trump's White House Counsel.
Before being selected to serve in Trump's White House, McGahn was a former member of the United States Federal Election Commission, having served on the commission from 2008-2013. McGahn has a long career as an election lawyer and is a partner at the law firm of Jones Day.
Attorney General
Senator Jeff Sessions
Bio: Jefferson Beauregard "Jeff" Sessions III currently serves as U.S. Senator from Alabama. Prior to his career in the U.S. Senate, Sessions was the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, having been appointed by then-President Ronald Reagen. Sessions was elected Attorney General of Alabama in 1994 before being elected to the United States Senate in 1996.
National Security Advisor
Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn
Bio: Retired Lt. General Michael Flynn served as the 18th Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency under President Barack Obama.
Flynn began his career in the U.S. Army in 1981 as a second lieutenant in military intelligence.
General Flynn retired on April 7, 2014, and became an advisor to the Trump campaign in February of 2016.
Deputy National Security Advisor
KT McFarland
Bio: Donald Trump announced that he would tap Fox News contributor and national security analyst Kathleen Troia "KT" McFarland to be Deputy National Security Advisor on November 25th.
KT McFarland brings a considerable amount of experience to the position having held national security posts in the administrations of presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan.
CIA Director
Mike Pompeo
Bio:Congressman Michael "Mike" Pompeo has served as the U.S. Representative for Kansas's 4th congressional district since 2011. A graduate of West Point Military Academy and Harvard Law, Pompeo served in the United Staes Army from 1986-1991, retiring at the rank of captain.
U.S. Ambassador To The United Nations
Governor Nikki Haley
Bio: Nimrata "Nikki" Haley was elected the 116th Governor of the state of South Carolina in 2010, and took office in 2011.
Prior to serving as governor, Haley was a ember of the South Carolina House of Representatives, serving the Palmetto state's 87th district.
Prior to her political career, Haley was a successful business woman, helping to grow her family clothing business into a multimillion-dollar company
Secretary of Education
Betsy DeVos
Bio: Betsy DeVos is the chairwoman of American Federation for Children which, according to the organization's website seeks "to improve our nation’s K-12 education by advancing systemic and sustainable public policy that empowers parents, particularly those in low-income families, to choose the education they determine is best for their children."
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Tom Price
Bio:Congressman Tom Price has represented Georgia's 6th congressional district since 2005.
Before serving in the House of Representatives, Price was an orthopedic surgeon. Price has been instrumental in crafting legislation to replace the Affordable Care Act, and implementing such legislation would likely be amongst his first tasks as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Secretary of Transportation
Elaine Chao
Bio: Before being chosen to serve as Donald Trump's Secretary of Transportation, Elaine Chao served as Secretary of Labor under President George W. Bush from 2001 through 2009, the first Asian-American woman to serve in a Cabinet position.
Chao has been married to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell since 1993
Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Seema Verma
Bio: According to her official biography, "Seema Verma is the President, CEO and founder of SVC, Inc., a national health policy consulting company. Verma has worked extensively on a variety of policy and strategic projects involving Medicaid, insurance, and public health, working with Governor's offices, State Medicaid agencies, State Health Departments, State Departments of Insurance, as well as the federal government, private companies and foundations."
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LawyerLady
I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.
Kellyanne walked through the front door of Trump Tower today with Dan Quayle. The reporters didn't know who he was initially. What a black mark on today's journalists.
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I like all of the picks except Nikki Haley. Someone that desecrated the memory of soldiers (which is my opinion of her act of removing the Confederate flag from the Confederate Memorial) should not be given more power and authority. Their power and authority should be stripped from them.
I didn't have a problem with it being removed from the Statehouse Dome. But when it went to the Memorial it should have stayed there, forever.
Kellyanne walked through the front door of Trump Tower today with Dan Quayle. The reporters didn't know who he was initially. What a black mark on today's journalists.
- I know what to do_sometimes
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After the media coverage prior to the election, were you really expecting Journalists that know anything about facts or history?
The only one I'm not really pleased with is the Secretary of Education. I would have preferred someone more qualified, as in, an actual educator. And someone whose history on opposing common core wasn't so murky.
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LawyerLady
I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.