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There is a bunch of people who have already been confirmed by the Senate that Biden could consider [View all]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmations_of_Barack_Obama%27s_CabinetThe Obama Cabinet
President
Barack Obama 2009–2017
Vice President
Joe Biden 2009–2017
Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton 2009–2013
John Kerry 2013–2017
Secretary of the Treasury
Tim Geithner 2009–2013
Jack Lew 2013–2017
Secretary of Defense
Bob Gates* 2006–2011
Leon Panetta 2011–2013
Chuck Hagel 2013–2015
Ash Carter 2015–2017
Attorney General
Eric Holder 2009–2015
Loretta Lynch 2015–2017
Secretary of the Interior
Ken Salazar 2009–2013
Sally Jewell 2013–2017
Secretary of Agriculture
Tom Vilsack 2009–2017
Secretary of Commerce
Gary Locke 2009–2011
John Bryson 2011–2012
Penny Pritzker 2013–2017
Secretary of Labor
Hilda Solis 2009–2013
Thomas Perez 2013–2017
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Kathleen Sebelius 2009–2014
Sylvia Burwell 2014–2017
Secretary of Education
Arne Duncan 2009–2016
John King 2016–2017
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Shaun Donovan 2009–2014
Julian Castro 2014–2017
Secretary of Transportation
Ray LaHood 2009–2013
Anthony Foxx 2013–2017
Secretary of Energy
Steven Chu 2009–2013
Ernest Moniz 2013–2017
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Eric Shinseki 2009–2014
Bob McDonald 2014–2017
Secretary of Homeland Security
Janet Napolitano 2009–2013
Jeh Johnson 2013–2017
Chief of Staff
Rahm Emanuel 2009–2010
William Daley 2011–2012
Jack Lew 2012–2013
Denis McDonough 2013–2017
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Lisa Jackson 2009–2013
Gina McCarthy 2013–2017
Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Peter Orszag 2009–2010
Jack Lew 2010–2012
Sylvia Burwell 2013–2014
Shaun Donovan 2014–2017
Ambassador to the United Nations
Susan Rice 2009–2013
Samantha Power 2013–2017
United States Trade Representative
Ron Kirk 2009–2013
Michael Froman 2013–2017
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers
Christina Romer 2009–2010
Austan Goolsbee 2010–2011
Alan Krueger 2011–2013
Jason Furman 2013–2017
Administrator of the Small Business Administration
Karen Mills** 2009–2013
Maria Contreras-Sweet 2014–2017
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