New Administration: The Transition Period Update

Winston & Strawn’s Transition Period Update provides timely insights on the pivotal steps shaping the path forward for the Trump/Vance administration. Covering essential developments in cabinet appointments, regulatory shifts, and policy strategies, our team will provide updates on the priorities and challenges defining the new administration’s early agenda

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Trump Administration Cabinet Picks and Senior Advisors

Role	Appointee	Role	Appointee
Border Czar	Tom Homan (former ICE Director)	National Security Advisor	Mike Waltz
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Head	Mehmet Oz	Secretary of Defense	Pete Hegseth
Chief of Staff	Susie Wiles	Secretary of Energy	Chris Wright
CIA Director	John Ratcliffe	Secretary of Health and Human Services	Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Department of Commerce Secretary	Howard Ludnick	Secretary of the Interior	Doug Burgman
Department of Education Secretary	Linda McMahon	Secretary of State	Marco Rubio
Department of Government Efficiency	Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy	Secretary of Treasury	Scott Bessent
Deputy Attorney General	Todd Blanche	Special Envoy to the Middle East	Steven Witkoff
Deputy Chief of Staff	Stephen Miller	U.S. Ambassador to Israel	Mike Huckabee
Director of National Intelligence	Tulsi Gabbard	U.S. Ambassador to the UN	Elise Stefanik
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator	Lee Zeldin	White House General Counsel	William McGinley
Homeland Security Secretary	Kristi Noem

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