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Clinton Secretary Nomination to Come After Thanksgiving
Will President-elect Obama nominate Hillary Clinton as secretary of state? Sources say yes, and soon, barring any unforeseen problems.
FOX News
WASHINGTON — The rumors are starting to sound like reality. President-elect Barack Obama is poised to nominate Hillary Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, sources in Obama’s transition team say.
One week after the former primary rivals met secretly to discuss the idea of Clinton becoming the nation’s top diplomat, the two sides were moving quickly toward making it a reality, barring any unforeseen problems.
One transition aide told The Associated Press that the two camps have worked out financial disclosure issues involving Clinton’s husband, former President Bill Clinton, and the complicated international funding of his foundation that operates in 27 countries. The aide said Obama and Hillary Clinton have had substantive conversations about the secretary of state job.
A transition aide confirmed those details to FOX News.
Clinton has been mulling the post for several days, but the transition aide’s comments suggested that Obama’s team does not feel she is inclined to turn it down.
Some Democrats and government insiders have questioned whether Clinton is too independent and politically ambitious to be an effective secretary of state. But Obama is said to admire her talents and experience, as do many other Democrats.
Clinton would have to surrender her New York Senate seat, which she has held for eight years, to take the job.
Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines would not comment Thursday night, except to say that anything about Cabinet appointments is for Obama’s transition team to address.
Obama on track to name Clinton as top diplomat
Thu Nov 20, 10:41 PM EST
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is on track to nominate his former rival, New York Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton as secretary of state after the November 27 Thanksgiving holiday, a Democratic official said.
Clinton moved closer to taking the job after her husband, former President Bill Clinton, offered to allow ethics reviews of future business and charitable activities should she be picked by Obama as the country’s top diplomat.
Bill Clinton and the Obama team have also worked out financial disclosure issues involving the former president, the official said.
Wild Thing’s comment……
Remember how she and Bill had those FBI files on anyone they felt was an enemy? I wonder if she will do the same thing with Foreign leaders.
hmmmm so after Thanksgiving. I guess that would be enough time for ole Bill and Hillary to hide as much of the bad stuff on them as possible.
This is so weird because they really do hate each other. Bill said ” Obama can kiss my ass” when he was asked to come back from France I think it was to campaign for Obama. haha
I wonder if the Clinton’s have something on Obama that we have not heard about yet. They are so good at leaking information when it helps them.
This is all just so weird.
With the Arkansas Hillbillies back in town – DCCCP – the female USSS agents will have to use cases and cases of Scotch Guard with Bubba Jethro around!
Change! Yup, it’s being change back to the Clinton Administration.
Our fearless bullet dodging Hillary can travel the world as Secretary of State. She can piss off our allies and buy off our enemies.
During the dem campaign Hillary claimed obama had no experience at all. Well what experience does Hillary really have. She was the First lady in a left wing bordello, or more to the point she was the Madam of Bills concubine.
but what qualifies her as Secretary of State.
1. I guess that means she has given up on running for President in 2012? I am surprised, because I really do see the Obamunist as Jimmy Carter revisited, and I expect at least one and maybe even two intraparty challengers to him in 2012. I honestly thought she would turn down this position, stay in the Senate, and bide her time.
2. What happens to her Senate seat?
Darth, hahha they sure will.
So much for Change this will be a double whammy with Obama and the Clinton clan.
BobF, maybe Vince Foster will appear at the foot of Obama’s bed on Christmas eve and tell him how stupid he is. The ghost of Christmas past kind of thing.
Tom, LOL yep that’s her…..”Our fearless bullet dodging Hillary”
Mark, good question, there is nothing that qualifies her. In fact once again Sarah Palin has more experience then Hillary by a long shot.
Nick Byram, I thought she would turn it down too. I actually thought she was the one that leaked that she was asked and then would make this big deal about turning it down to run later on for Pres.
I am not sure how it works about her vacant seat as Sen. I am not positive but I think it has to be filled by another democrat.
Not just Vince Foster but Ron Brown too. Too many conflicting reports on why Brown’s plane went down.
Very strange political Ménage à trois. Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Bill Clinton. Or, it could be Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden.
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Let foreign leaders try and figure out who speaks for the United States.