Obama's Cabinet Diversity In Danger With New Picks

Obama's Cabinet Diversity In Danger With New Picks
President Barack Obama shakes hands with Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., his choice to be the next Secretary of State, as he makes his announcement in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
President Barack Obama shakes hands with Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., his choice to be the next Secretary of State, as he makes his announcement in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The White House is poised this week to announce a handful of Cabinet nominees, most of whom have a few things in common: they all seem like perfectly qualified, distinguished folks. . . and they’re all white men.

President Obama’s picks, including Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) for secretary of state, former senator Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) for secretary of defense and John Brennan for CIA director, mean that the number of positions that could be filled by women or minorities is dwindling. That’s causing some concern among those who’d hoped to see diversity in the cabinet remain at its historic levels or even increase.

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