Obama tapped Rashad Hussain, a talented and dynamic American Muslim, as his deputy associate counsel.
James Gomez is deputy associate dean (international) and head of public relations at Monash University, Australia.
His mother is the deputy associate director of presidential personnel at the White House.
As deputy associate counsel to Mr. Obama, Mr. Hussain has focused on national security, new media and science issues.
Mr. Hickey, the deputy associate administrator for aviation safety, is an engineer and longtime civil servant, not a political appointee.
In March 1970 Braun was transferred to NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C., as deputy associate administrator for planning.
His father, also retired, was a deputy associate director of the Office of Management and Budget in Washington.
Gen. Michael C. Kostelnik, NASA's deputy associate administrator for the shuttle and the international space station, said.
Michael Kostelnik, NASA's deputy associate administrator for the shuttle and space station programs, said its development was behind schedule.
"Mueller is leaving the F.B.I. in very good shape," said David Margolis, a deputy associate attorney general and one of the most senior members of the Justice Department.
Gloria Zyskowski, the deputy associate commissioner who handles assessments at the Texas Education Agency, said in a statement that the agency needed more time to review the findings.
