CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: Taking our top stories right now, President-elect Bush has no public appearances scheduled today, but that doesn't mean he's not busy. Let's get more on his efforts at forming a Cabinet and a White House administration. CNN national correspondent Tony Clark joins us from Austin, Texas, with that. Hi, Tony.</s>TONY CLARK, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Morning, Carol. Busy day on tap for the president-elect. In about an hour and a half, CIA will brief him, give him his daily intelligence briefing. Nine o'clock local time, he'll meet with Andy Card, his designated chief of staff for the Bush administration. They'll be talking about transition. But the first very visible move to reach out to Democrats comes at lunchtime. That's when he will meet with Louisiana Senator John Breaux. The president-elect likes Breaux because of his Medicare proposals and social security proposals. There has been some suggestion that the president-elect might offer him the secretary of energy position, but it is doubtful that Breaux would take that because the 50-50 split in the U.S. Senate would be hurt: Louisiana has a Republican governor, and if Breaux joined a Bush administration, that would give Governor Mike Foster the opportunity to appoint a Republican U.S. senator. Instead, there is the suggestion that Breaux may suggest that President-elect Bush name former U.S. Senator Bennett Johnston to the energy post. Johnston is a Democrat and is the former chairman of the Senate Energy Committee. This afternoon, Bush will meet with more advisers, talk about transition, then go to the ranch tomorrow, where it is expected that he may name some of his national security team, including some of the least-kept secrets -- Colin Powell for secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice for national security adviser. Then, Sunday night, heads to Washington, for meetings next week with President Clinton, Vice President Gore and other congressional leaders. Tony Clark, CNN, Austin.
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