Dec 13, 2016 ... My study of Obama's Cabinet reveals that, of his 21 initial Cabinet or Cabinet- level appointees, just one individual, Small Business Administrator Karen Mills, ...  Trump's picks thus far have an average of 6.8 years of government experience, a  full decade less of government work than the Obama Cabinet.
Oct 8, 2012 ... Conservative commentator Glenn Beck talked about the chart on his show shortly  afterward, saying less than 10 percent of Obama's Cabinet appointees "have any  experience in the private sector." PolitiFact examined Beck's statement, came  across the Forbes article and did its own research. It found three ...
Nov 24, 2009 ... In a real departure from history, the current cabinet has almost no private- sector  experience. ... Starting with the creation of the Secretary of Commerce back in  1900, I compiled the prior private-sector experience of all 432 cabinet members,  focusing on those positions one would expect to participate in this ...
Jan 20, 2011 ... In an accompanying chart, Cembalest reported that in the Obama administration,  fewer than 10 percent of the Cabinet appointees counted under those rules had  private sector experience. (The chart has since been updated -- more on that in a  second.) According to the chart, all other administrations going ...
Jan 19, 2017 ... Five of the 15 people Trump has nominated to be Cabinet secretaries have spent  all or nearly all their careers in the business world, with no significant public office  or senior military service on their résumés. That would be more businesspeople  with no public-sector experience than have ever served in the ...
Less than 10 percent of Obama's Cabinet appointees "have any experience in the private sector."