FACTBOX: Barack Obama's proposed Cabinet
(Reuters) - The Democratic-led U.S. Senate is seeking to quickly confirm President Barack Obama's Cabinet nominees.
Here is a look at the status of the picks for his 15-member Cabinet of department heads.
* Hillary Rodham Clinton, secretary of state, confirmed by the Senate on January 21, by a 94-2 vote. Since 2001, she has been the junior U.S. senator from New York.
* Janet Napolitano, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Confirmed without dissent on January 20. She previously served as Arizona governor.
* Arne Duncan, secretary of the Department of Education; unanimously confirmed on January 20. Previously served as Chicago school superintendent.
* Steven Chu, secretary of the Energy Department; confirmed unanimously on January 20. A physics Nobel laureate, Chu previously headed Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
* Tom Vilsack, secretary of the Agriculture Department; confirmed unanimously on January 20. He is a former Iowa governor.
* Retired Army Gen. Eric Shinseki, secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs; confirmed unanimously on January 20.
* Ken Salazar, secretary of the Interior Department; confirmed unanimously on January 20. Previously served as Democratic senator from Colorado.
* Eric Holder, who served as deputy U.S. attorney general in the administration of President Bill Clinton, has been picked by Obama to be attorney general. Republicans blocked until next week a preliminary vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
* Timothy Geithner, president of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, to be treasury secretary. He had a hearing on Wednesday before Senate Finance Committee, and the committee is expected to vote on him on Thursday.
* Obama decided to keep Republican President George W. Bush's defense secretary, Robert Gates, at the Pentagon.
* Tom Daschle, nominated to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. A former Senate Democratic leader, he is awaiting a confirmation hearing before Senate Finance Committee.
* Democratic U.S. Rep. Hilda Solis of California to be secretary of the Labor Department; confirmation hearing held; Date not yet set on vote.
* Shaun Donovan, New York City housing commissioner, secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban development; confirmation hearing held; no date yet set on vote.
* Former Republican U.S. Rep. Ray LaHood of Illinois, secretary of the Transportation Department; confirmation hearing held on January 21; sent to full Senate for confirmation.
* Obama needs to nominate a secretary of the Commerce Department after his first selection, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, withdraw in face of a legal inquiry.
(Compiled in Washington by Thomas Ferraro, Donna Smith and Richard Cowan; editing by Mohammad Zargham)
