- President: John McCain
- Vice President: Mike Huckabee
- Secretary of State: Jeb Bush
- Secretary of Defense: Joe Biden
- Secretary of Treasury: John W. Snow
- Attorney General: John Ascroft
- Secretary of the Interior: Gale Norton
- Secretary of Agriculture: Bill Nelson and Ann M. Veneman
- Department of Health and Human Services: Fred Thomson
- Secretary of the Energy: Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Secretary of the Education: Ron Paige
- Secretary of Veteran's Affairs: Ron Paul and Ralph Nader
- Secretary of Economic Development: Bill Gates
January[]
1st January- Bush and McCain (both R) have a meeting about the New Bush Adminstarion.
14th January- McCain as Vice-President resigns from office
15th January- Dick Cheney (R) fills McCain's seat
20th January- McCain is inaugurated