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Input: The White House is catching plenty of flak for its nomination of Chuck Hagel as defense secretary. Not just from Republicans seeking to fight the nomination, but from other corners decrying the lack of diversity at the top of President Obama’s Cabinet. 
  
 The Washington Post ran a story Monday that noted the discrepancy between a president who made women’s issues core to his reelection campaign and yet named new top advisers — John F. Kerry as secretary of state, Chuck Hagel at Defense and John Brennan at the top of the CIA — who were all white men. On Tuesday, the New York Times ran its own story featuring a cringe-inducing photo from the Oval Office that looks more like the makings of a corporate softball team than the president’s top group of advisers. 
  
 Jena McGregor writes a daily column analyzing leadership in the news for the Washington Post’s On Leadership section. View Archive 
  
 Meanwhile, Bloomberg View columnist Margaret Carlson offered the ultimate critique with an op-ed titled “Obama to Romney: Send me your Binders Full of Women,” writing that “at the rate he is going, Obama is going to have a Cabinet that looks more like the Augusta National Golf Club than America.” Ouch. 
  
 The lack of women at the very top of the still-forming new Cabinet is a cause for concern—not just because of the missing diverse inputs they’d bring to the president’s decision-making, but, as I’ve written before, because of the particular contributions certain women could make. However, the debate over diversity in the president’s Cabinet shouldn't just be about how many women there are, but how many new voices are present on a team that has long been criticized as too insular. In naming new Cabinet members, the president needs to balance selecting not just women vs. men, but people he trusts and knows well vs. those who could add fresh perspectives and alternative outside views. 
  
 Consider the names he’s already chosen and those who are seen as front-runners for the spots that remain open. Kerry, the senior senator from Massachusetts, may not have served in the president’s Cabinet thus far, but he was a leading surrogate for the president during the campaign and stood in as Mitt Romney in debate preparation. 
  
 Hagel, a former senator from Nebraska, has spent recent years as a professor at Georgetown, but he has already been co-chairman of Obama’s Intelligence Advisory Board. Brennan, meanwhile, is currently the White House counterterrorism adviser and has worked in the administration since the 2008 campaign. 
  
 Others being considered for top jobs are also insiders. Jack Lew, the president’s current chief of staff, is being nominated to lead the Treasury Department. Deputy National Security Adviser Denis McDonough and former Biden Chief of Staff Ron Klain are both rumored to be possible contenders to then fill Lew’s job. And top names for the attorney general’s job, meanwhile, if and when Eric H. Holder Jr. steps down, include current Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and current Deputy Attorney General James Cole. 
  
 I’m not saying any of these picks would be bad ones. And it’s understandable that the president would want to choose people with whom he’s comfortable, who know the inner workings of an agency or who have been witness to the ups and downs of the top jobs by previously serving in deputy roles. In many cases, it’s simply good leadership to promote people from within and form a team that’s familiar enough with each other that they can get to work quickly. 
  
 That said, especially when it comes to forming an advisory team, leaders also need to make sure they’re looking far enough afield in order to get the most diverse insights. As with most things leaders do, selecting a team is all about striking the right balance—between men and women, between various ethnic groups, and between experienced old hands and unconventional voices. 
  
 Diversity is not a one-dimensional issue. Those critiquing the president — especially given his traditionally close inner circle — should be just as concerned about the backgrounds of the people on his team as they are about the makeup of their gender. 
  
 Jena McGregor is a columnist for the Washington Post’s On Leadership section. ||||| President Barack Obama suffers from Groucho Marx syndrome: He favors those in the club he doesn’t belong to. Otherwise how to explain why he is fighting for Chuck Hagel to be secretary of defense but didn't for Susan Rice to be secretary of state? 
  
 At the rate he is going, Obama is going to have a Cabinet that looks more like the Augusta National Golf Club than America. The four top Cabinet posts will probably go to white men: John Kerry at State; Jack Lew at Treasury; Hagel; and the replacement for Attorney General Eric Holder at Justice -- the short list of which consists of, you guessed it, men. 
  
 Obama to Mitt Romney: Could you please send me your binders full of women? 
  
 Actually Obama doesn’t need help. Washington is bursting with qualified women. Hagel is a fine choice, but there’s never only one. In plain sight was Michele Flournoy, the undersecretary of defense for policy until about a year ago. In the financial sector, there’s the economist Janet Yellen, vice chairman of the Federal Reserve; Lael Brainard, undersecretary of Treasury for international affairs; and stars from the private sector such as PepsiCo Chief Executive Officer Indra Nooyi and Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg. As for lawyers, there are outstanding lawyers on practically every corner in Washington. 
  
 Obama does have a chance to get a woman in a Top Four slot when Holder hands in his expected resignation. The Great Mentioner mostly lists (highly qualified) men to replace him: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, U.S. Attorney Neil MacBride of Virginia, Deputy Attorney General James Cole. What about state attorneys general such as Martha Coakley of Massachusetts or Lisa Madigan of Illinois? Just because they weren’t good gubernatorial candidates doesn’t mean they don't have fine records. Senators Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Claire McCaskill of Missouri have long legal experience. Either would be a great loss to the Senate -- but you can do so much more from atop the Justice Department. 
  
 This is not to say that Patrick or Lew, who’s managed the often unmanageable White House well, shouldn’t be elevated. Obama’s problem is that he doesn’t look beyond his nose. Hagel was already on his foreign policy advisory board. Kerry hung out with him during debate prep. 
  
 Obama may be resting on his laurels. His first-term appointments were among the most diverse in history. He can’t help that many of his stalwarts are gone or going: Christina Romer of the Council of Economic Advisers; Carol Browner of the Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy; Lisa Jackson of the Environmental Protection Agency; and of course Hillary Clinton. 
  
 Maybe the lack of women on short lists is actually a good thing: After all, those names are often orchestrated by ambitious aides. And now that women see who Obama fights for and doesn’t, not being on the list may be advisable. No woman wants to be Riced. 
  
 (Margaret Carlson is a Bloomberg View columnist. Follow her on Twitter.) 
  
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Output:
Barack Obama's new Cabinet is coming into focus, and at this rate, it's going to look "more like the Augusta National Golf Club than America," quips Margaret Carlson in a Bloomberg column derisively titled "Obama to Romney: Send Me Your Binders Full of Women." All of Obama's new nominees are white men, and all of the people being talked about to replace Eric Holder are male as well. And it's telling that Obama was willing to go to bat for Chuck Hagel, but not Susan Rice. Obama shouldn't need a binder. "Washington is bursting with qualified women," Carlson argues, like undersecretary of defense Michele Flournoy, Fed vice chairman Janet Yellen, or undersecretary of Treasury Lael Brainard. "Obama's problem is that he doesn't look beyond his nose," picking people close to him. Indeed, Jena McGregor at the Washington Post thinks that in itself is a reason for concern. Obama needs diversity not just in gender and race, she argues, but in people "who could add fresh perspective and alternative outside views."