WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is considering nominating San Antonio’s mayor to be housing secretary.
That’s according to people familiar with the selection process. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the matter by name.
Putting 39-year-old Julian Castro in the Cabinet would raise the profile of the three-term mayor who’s been discussed as a possible Democratic vice presidential pick in 2016.
Obama chose Castro to deliver the keynote address at the party’s convention two years ago.
If Castro is nominated and is confirmed by the Senate, he would become one of the highest-ranking Hispanic officials in the Obama administration.
The White House and Castro’s office aren’t confirming that Castro is under consideration for the post.
Castro would succeed Shaun Donovan, a member of Obama’s original Cabinet.
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Sure hope this is true!! I fell in love with the Castro twins during the last Democratic convention. Really impressive.
Well, they are both cute as buttons.
His kid laps them both on the cuteness scale.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_rRGjMmEq4Looks like Biden has competition for the VP slot in 2016.
I’ve had this guy as my 2024 pick for years now. I tease the crazies on the right wing sites with that all the time. They are already about to blow over half-black Obama and the thought of Hillary-a Woman and a Clinton being their President for the following eight years has them at a full boil. If they even hear that another Democrat will be their President for the next eight years after Hillary and that he’s Mexican, they go ballistic.
It’s funny because they say that we won’t even be a nation any longer before Obama is out of office and then in the same breath they say that the Democrats will still be ruining the nation with Hillary and especially with all of the other Dems that are sure to follow. How’s that for reasoning?