• William J. Lynn – former Raytheon lobbyist picked for the number 2 slot in DoD.
• William Corr – recent anti-tobacco lobbyist heading for a position as deputy secretary at HHS.

More from Politico (h/t Ed Morrissey)

• Eric Holder – attorney general – registered to lobby until 2004 on behalf of clients including Global Crossing, a bankrupt telecommunications firm.
• Tom Vilsack – secretary of agriculture nominee, was registered to lobby as recently as last year on behalf of the National Education Association.
• David Hayes – deputy interior secretary nominee, was registered to lobby until 2006 for clients, including the regional utility San Diego Gas & Electric.
• Mark Patterson – chief of staff to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, was registered to lobby as recently as last year for financial giant Goldman Sachs.
• Ron Klain – chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden, was registered to lobby until 2005 for clients, including the Coalition for Asbestos Resolution, U.S. Airways, Airborne Express and drug-maker ImClone.
• Mona Sutphen – deputy White House chief of staff, was registered to lobby for clients, including Angliss International in 2003.
• Melody Barnes – domestic policy council director, lobbied in 2003 and 2004 for liberal advocacy groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the American Constitution Society and the Center for Reproductive Rights.
• Cecilia Munoz – White House director of intergovernmental affairs, was a lobbyist as recently as last year for the National Council of La Raza, a Hispanic advocacy group.
• Patrick Gaspard – White House political affairs director, was a lobbyist for the Service Employees International Union.
• Michael Strautmanis – chief of staff to the president’s assistant for intergovernmental relations, lobbied for the American Association of Justice from 2001 until 2005.

The capital flew into a bit of a tizzy when, on his first full day in the White House, President Obama was photographed in the Oval Office without his suit jacket. There was, however, a logical explanation: Mr. Obama, who hates the cold, had cranked up the thermostat.

“He’s from Hawaii, O.K.?” said Mr. Obama’s senior adviser, David Axelrod, who occupies the small but strategically located office next door to his boss. “He likes it warm. You could grow orchids in there.”

(NYT)

• Tom Daschle – Nominated to be head of HHS. Owed around $130,000 in taxes – Nomination Withdrawn.
• Nancy Killefer – Nominated to be Chief Performance Officer in spite of her tax performance – Nomination Withdrawn.
• Timothy Geithner – Treasury Secretary. How he was able to win confirmation and take over the IRS is unbelievable.