Transition of Power: Bush Expected to Name More Cabinet Picks Today
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Turning now to the Bush transition, the president-elect may make another announcement today on his latest choices for top administration posts. CNN national correspondent Tony Clark is in Austin, Texas with that story. Good morning, Tony.</s>TONY CLARK, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Kyra. You know, the president-elect has set this week as his self- imposed deadline for naming all of his top Cabinet posts. That could happen as early as today. He's scheduled a 3:00 Eastern press conference. Aides won't say what the nature of that press conference is, but it's at the Driscoll Hotel here in Austin. That's the same form he used earlier to announce Cabinet positions. So that is a definite possibility. The president-elect still has three Cabinet positions available that have not been announced. They are the secretary of energy, the secretary of labor and the secretary of transportation. He also has two other key positions in his administration to fill, positions that were once held, ironically, by his father: U.N. ambassador and director of the CIA. One other note that increases the possibility that today could be the announcement of some of those Cabinet positions: Vice President-elect Dick Cheney is in town. He and the president-elect will have lunch together over at the governor's mansion before going to the Driscoll Hotel for today's press conference -- Kyra.</s>PHILLIPS: Tony, I understand Bush is going to hold an economic summit this week. What can you tell us about that?</s>CLARK: Wednesday and Thursday, two-day economic briefings and meetings over at the governor's Mansion. Paul O'Neill, his designated secretary of the Treasury; Don Evans, his designated secretary of commerce to host them. On Wednesday, it's going to be business leaders from around the country talking about the economy, the possibility of a recession and what to do about it. On Thursday, he's going to host about 20 or so high-tech leaders. They're going to be talking about education, business, high tech, and the influence of that on the economy. And so those important issues. What the president-elect has indicated is that he wants to hear from as many diverse areas, about as many topics as he can. He's held other briefings before. This one, because the economy is such an important question right now, he wants to hear reviews from around the country -- Kyra.</s>PHILLIPS: Understandably. Tony Clark, thank you very much.