Clinton Nomination Is 'On Track'
Barack Obama is 'on track' to nominate Hillary Clinton to be secretary of state, according to an aide to the president-elect.
The announcement is expected after Thanksgiving, the Obama transition official said late Thursday. Clinton aides couldn't be reached to comment.
The word that New York Sen. Clinton was headed to Foggy Bottom came the same day that people close to the transition said Mr. Obama had settled on a second woman for a high-profile post: Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano for secretary of homeland security.
Sen. Clinton is choosing to focus the next stage of her career on foreign policy, forgoing her Senate seat and the chance to work universal health-care legislation, a long-time interest and an area of genuine expertise. She may have been persuaded to move to a new arena in part because others with more seniority in the Senate were already seizing the health-care issue, and as a still-junior member, she would have had to have fought for prominence.
During the Democratic primaries, Sen. Clinton positioned herself as a centrist on U.S. foreign policy. She echoed Mr. Obama's call for a prioritizing of diplomacy over military might in addressing America's national-security challenges. She also pledged to rebuild Washington's alliances in Europe and Asia. |
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