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(CNN) — President-elect Barack Obama is considering a mix of Washington insiders and high-profile business executives to head Cabinet positions, a source involved in the process told CNN.

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Obama has not made any statements on possible Cabinet personnel, but the source said a mix of high-profile names were under consideration.

Obama’s transition office said no personnel announcements would be made at a press conference Friday with the president-elect and Vice President-elect Joe Biden.

Obama said he will not address Cabinet positions, but he will take questions from reporters at the press conference, the first since the election.

For secretary of state, Sen. John Kerry, D-Massachusetts, is high on the list, said the source involved in the process. Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, a former presidential candidate who later endorsed Obama in the Democratic primaries; New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson; and former U.N. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke also are interested in the job, the source said. iReport.com: Who should be in Obama’s Cabinet?

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For defense secretary, indications are the current defense chief, Robert Gates, will stay "for a certain period," the source said. Gates, the former CIA director under President George H.W. Bush, has received bipartisan praise for his leadership at the Pentagon in the last two years.

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Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano is said to be a "very real possibility" for U.S. attorney general, the source said. Napolitano, a former attorney general in her state, was named earlier this week to the Obama transition team.

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