President Weighs Picks for Cabinet, Adviser Positions

BY PETER NICHOLAS AND CAROL E. LEE

President Barack Obama, who is on a four-day trip through Asia, is reviewing material on reshaping his cabinet and is on track to announce some of his picks as early as the week after Thanksgiving, people familiar with his plans said.

The president's top focus is on finding successors for secretaries who are preparing to leave the administration, including the secretaries of state and the Treasury, these people said. He also must fill the positions of some top West Wing advisers who are poised to depart.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has said he would leave his post around the time ...

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