PHOTO The Class of 2009

[Jackeens]

Official photo released today:



President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden pose with the full Cabinet for an official group photo in the East Room of the White House on Sept. 10, 2009.

Seated from left: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr.

Standing second row, from left: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Susan E. Rice, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki, and Education Secretary Arne Duncan.

Back row, from left: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag, and Council of Economic Advisers Chair Christina Romer. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

[lamp_shade]

1. OH WOW!!

[MoJoWorkin]

2. Good looking group---

also a lot of brain power and drive to get the job done.

Overall, I really like most of his Cabinet choices.

[Clio the Leo]

3. My mother would say they needed to scooch in more....

.... and fill up that hole. :)

[Jackeens]

5. LOL, she'd have had them sitting on each other's laps!

:rofl:

[gblady]

4. Lovely picture....

go team!

[alsame]

6. Very nice! But I wonder why

Gibbs wasn't included.

[Jackeens]

7. Hey alsame, I suppose this pic was just of the cabinet, so poor old Gibbs was left out!

[alsame]

10. I got confused because Rahm is there, but I checked the

White House website and Chief of Staff has been granted Cabinet level ranking...Gibbs isn't listed as a Cabinet member, even though he has a Secretary title.

[prolesunited]

8. You mean they are not all white men?!?!

That's outrageous!

[hileeopnyn8d]

9. Nor are they

all radical black nationalists as Glenn Beck is so fond of suggesting.

[Arugula Latte]

23. OMG!!! I want my country back!!!

:cry:




:sarcasm:

[prolesunited]

27. You nailed it!

That's *exactly* what that comment means. Even though she was a woman, she felt all safe and secure knowing the white men were in charge.

[gauguin57]

11. What a good-looking group of people!

Thanks for posting this.

[HamdenRice]

12. Pres. Obama needs to have his pants "taken up."

:rofl:

Forgive me, my mother was a seamstress.

On edit: So does the guy on the far right. I notice these things.

[Lars39]

14. You beat me to it.

:rofl:

[butterfly77]

24. I think that he doesn't want them to go up his ankles..

when he sits down(Floods)as I have seen in previous pictures of Obama but, I sew a little too and I think that they could be taken up a bit. Otherwise,he looks good.

[Retrograde]

26. especially the guy on the far right

That's Arne Duncan - Sec. of Education. Maybe he's trying to emulate the baggy jeans that were fashionable among teens a while back?

I noticed them too. At least their jackets seem to fit.

ETA: at least no one's wearing cowboy boots!

[Chulanowa]

30. Even cowboy boots beat this...

That was the high point of fashion fail

[Cha]

29. Oh gawd..you made me look!

And, yeah, unless it's some new style I don't know about..the pant legs are pretty long and bunched at the ankles.:)

[Lars39]

13. The seamstress in me says Obama's pants are too long...

they should only break once. :) Other than that, it's a wonderful picture. :D

[nyc 4 Biden]

15. same for Arne Duncan and Rahm needs to button his jacket...

but other than that they all look great.

[Lars39]

20. They really do look great, don't they.

:bounce:

[AspenRose]

16. Rahm looks like a schoolboy on his best behavior

We all know better :rofl:

http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/web-exclusive-rahm-emanuel/848721/

And Salazar's not wearing his hat!!!

[FailureToCommunicate]

19. Rahm has plastic tie handcuffs on to keep him from doing 'bunny ears' on Obama!

"Okay folks let's try to take this photo one more time"

[RepublicanElephant]

17. makes a great wallpaper! nt

[PBS Poll-435]

18. Great pic

K/R

[MiniMe]

21. Who picked out La Hood's tie? What a horrible color

I really don't want to be the fashion police, I really hate that. But what a terrible color for a man's tie.

[Beacool]

22. Great pic!!!

Thanks!!!!

:hi:

[quiet.american]

25. A photo for the ages. Love it. nt

[BrklynLiberal]

28. cool!

[Are_grits_groceries]

31. And the Dark Side: