FILE - This Nov. 7, 2012 file photo shows President Barack Obama speaks at his election night party, in Chicago. Fresh from his re-election, President Barack Obama will embark on a trip to Southeast Asia and become the first U.S. president to visit Cambodia as well as the once pariah nation of Myanmar where he will hail the country’s shift to democracy after five decades of ruinous military rule. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
Change coming to Obama's team, just not right away
FILE - This Nov. 7, 2012 file photo shows President Barack Obama speaks at his election night party, in Chicago. Fresh from his re-election, President Barack Obama will embark on a trip to Southeast Asia and become the first U.S. president to visit Cambodia as well as the once pariah nation of Myanmar where he will hail the country’s shift to democracy after five decades of ruinous military rule. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
By JULIE PACE
Associated Press /
November 9, 2012
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Other Cabinet secretaries who have talked about leaving are Attorney General Eric Holder and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, the only Republican in the Cabinet. Both have said they would speak with the president before making a final decision.
Second term shake-ups are also sure to hit Obama’s West Wing inner circle. Plouffe is expected to be among those departing, while Obama’s senior adviser and close friend Valerie Jarrett is staying on.
And if Obama taps Lew for the Treasury Department, he'll have to add chief of staff to the list of vacancies
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Associated Press writers Martin Crutsinger, Ben Feller, Ken Thomas and Pete Yost contributed to this report.
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