Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterWhen It Comes to Women, Obama's Cabinet Matches Predecessors'
Published 12/17/2008 by Al Kamen at Wash Post Federal Page
Perhaps the plummest appointment in President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet went to a woman: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who was nominated for secretary of state. But his track record on picking women for his Cabinet is no different from that of the two presidents who preceded him.
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