The Best Wing
Our picks for the next Cabinet and other key Washington posts
November/December 2000
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As the best-informed and most insistent critic of U.S. foreign
policy over four decades, this MIT professor is the clear choice to
foster a new relationship with the rest of the world.
Secretary of Defense
Ron Dellums
A 17-year veteran of the House Armed Services Com-mittee, this
former Bay Area congressman knows what's wrong--and what's
right--with America's military.
United Nations Ambassador:
Jesse Jackson Sr.
Our most consistent voice for justice and human dignity, he's
proven his diplomatic skills everywhere from Chicago ghettos to
Balkan battle zones.
National Security Advisor
Hazel Henderson
A longtime advocate of sustainable development in Southern nations,
she knows that true security comes from environmental protection,
global understanding, and a more equitable distribution of the
world's wealth.
Attorney General
Ralph Nader
Thanks to his legal expertise, America is a safer, greener, fairer
place. Imagine what he might do for us with the resources of the
Justice Department behind him. (In the happy event Nader is elected
president, the post should go to Joel Rogers of the University of
Wisconsin Law School or to Andrew Kimbrell of the International
Center for Technology Assessment.)
Secretary of the Treasury
Amy Domini
Founder of one of the first and best-performing socially
responsible investment funds, she knows that a truly 'good' economy
depends on more than the Dow Jones average.
White House Council of Economic Advisors Chair
Herman Daly
Research scholar at the University of Maryland and former economist
at the World Bank, he argues that economic growth along current
lines is not in the best interest of either the environment or the
average person.
Federal Reserve Board Chair
Robert Reich
No one is better prepared to steer our dynamic, changing economy in
a direction that benefits all Americans than this Brandeis
economics professor and former Secretary of Labor.
Secretary of the Interior
Winona LaDuke
A veteran environmental and Native American activist, she sees
protecting our land as a sacred duty. (If LaDuke becomes vice
president on the Green Party ticket, activist Julia Butterfly Hill
or architect and industrial designer William McDonough should get
the job.)
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