President-elect Barack Obama is weighing an array of Washington insiders and outsiders, including some Republicans, for Cabinet and other top positions, according to Democratic and transition officials. They include:

TREASURY SECRETARY

Timothy Geithner, president of Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

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SECRETARY OF STATE

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., former first lady and one-time rival of Obama's for the Democratic presidential nomination.

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ATTORNEY GENERAL

Eric Holder, former deputy attorney general.

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DEFENSE SECRETARY

Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

Former Navy Secretary Richard Danzig.

Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., critic of Iraq war, retiring from Senate.

Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., member of Senate Armed Services Committee.

John Hamre, former deputy defense secretary, now president of Center for Strategic and International Studies.

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HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY

Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D.

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HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY

Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano.

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CIA DIRECTOR

John Brennan, former director of the National Counterterrorism Center

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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR

Former Rep. Tim Roemer, D-Ind., and member of the Sept. 11 commission.

Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., who heads the House Homeland Security subcommittee on intelligence.

Don Kerr, No. 2 official in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

Jami Miscik, former head of CIA's analytical operations.

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NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER

Retired Marine Gen. James Jones.

James B. Steinberg, former deputy national security adviser.

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ENERGY SECRETARY

Dan Reicher, director of climate change and energy initiatives at Google, former assistant energy secretary in charge of efficiency and renewable energy programs in the Clinton administration.

Former Rep. Philip Sharp, D-Ind., president of Resources for the Future think tank.

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. D-Kan.

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INTERIOR SECRETARY

Rep. Raul M. Grijalva, D-Ariz.

Former Gov. John Kitzhaber, D-Ore.

Former Gov. Tony Knowles, D-Alaska.

Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif.

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EPA ADMINISTRATOR

Lisa P. Jackson, commissioner of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

Mary Nichols, head of California Air Resources Board.

Kathleen McGinty, former secretary of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

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HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY

Miami Mayor Manny Diaz.

Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C.

Renee Glover, head of Atlanta's housing authority

Nicolas Retsinas, director of Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies

Shaun Donovan, commissioner of New York City's housing department.

Adolfo Carrion Jr., Bronx borough president

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LABOR SECRETARY

Ed McElroy, former president of the American Federation of Teachers

Former Rep. Dick Gephardt, D-Mo.

Linda Chavez-Thompson, former AFL-CIO vice president

Former Rep. David Bonior, D-Mich., member of Obama's Transition Economic Advisory Board.

Maria Echaveste, former Clinton White House adviser.

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COMMERCE SECRETARY

Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M.

Laura D'Andrea Tyson, former chair of White House Council of Economic Advisers under President Clinton.

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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET DIRECTOR

Peter Orszag, director of Congressional Budget Office.

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EDUCATION SECRETARY

Colin Powell, former secretary of state, former chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Sebelius.

Arne Duncan, chief executive officer of Chicago public schools.

Inez Tenenbaum, former South Carolina schools superintendent.

Linda Darling-Hammond, education professor at Stanford University.

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TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY

Jane Garvey, former head of Federal Aviation Administration.

Mortimer Downey, former deputy transportation secretary.

Gephardt.

Sebelius.

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AGRICULTURE SECRETARY

Former Gov. Tom Vilsack, D-Iowa.

Tom Buis, president of National Farmers Union.

Former Rep. Charles Stenholm, D-Texas.

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VETERANS AFFAIRS

Tammy Duckworth, a disabled Iraq war veteran and Illinois veterans affairs director.

Former Sen. Max Cleland. D-Ga., a Vietnam veteran who had three limbs amputated after a grenade blast.

Current VA Secretary James Peake.

Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, D-Md.

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