Another unconventional choice from President-Elect Obama, as Howard Kurtz reports that CNN's Sanjay Gupta appears on the road to be tapped as Surgeon General.

According to Chuck Todd and Samantha Guthrie at NBC News, Leon Panetta has been chosen by Obama to be the Director of the CIA.

MSNBC is reporting that New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson is withdrawing his own nomination as Commerce Secretary due to an investigation by the FBI.

Statement by IUPAT General President James A. Williams on the Appointment of Representative Hilda Solis as U.S. Secretary of Labor.

Sources close to Mr. Obama's transition team say he will nominate Mary Schapiro to head the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Schapiro currently heads a self-regulatory group for securities firms. She also is a former head of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission and a former SEC commissioner.

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is set to name another governor to his cabinet Wednesday, one day after meeting with many of the nation's governors in Philadelphia. He has scheduled a news conference in Chicago, to announce the nomination of New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson for Commerce Secretary.

Susan Rice has been nominated as future U.N. Ambassador by President-elect Barack Obama.

Agencies report that Barack Obama asked the U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates to stay in the Obama Administration, perhaps at least for a while. This has become the top hot news in today's media, but why? Let's see why does it matter so much.

President elect Barack Obama has named abortion activist Ellen Moran as communications director. Moran is currently the executive director of the Washington group EMILY’s List – the group that backs female candidates that support abortion rights.

President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former Sen. Tom Daschle to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the former Senate majority leader has indicated he wants the job, three sources close to the transition told CNN Wednesday.

The Guardian is reporting that Hillary Clinton will accept Barack Obama's invitation to join his cabinet as Secretary of State: thus becoming part of the Obama Administration.