Obama: Clinton is right person to lead state department

(NECN: Chicago, IL) - President-Elect Barack Obama says he has chosen Senator Hillary Clinton for secretary of state. Obama has also named Robert Gates to remain as secretary of defense, Eric Holder to be attorney general, Janet Napolitano as the nation's next secretary of homeland security, and Susan Rice to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. The announcements rounded out the top tier of the team that will advise the incoming chief executive on foreign and national security issues in an era marked by wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and terrorism around the globe. read more

NECN | December 1, 2008

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