According to the site of The Office of the President-Elect, Barack Obama has picked his nominees for the National Security Team.
For Secretary of State he has Hillary Clinton. Just a few days ago at our meeting we debated the issues surrounding Hillary as Secretary of State. The group was divided, with many members saying she is perfect as she has foreign policy experience, is well respected, intelligent, and much more. Those on the other side of the argument said that the best secretaries of state have been viewed as an extension of the President himself, and Clinton and Obama's fierce fight for the Democratic nomination had divided the two too much to be viewed as almost the same person.
As we all know those who argued for Hillary as SoS obviously won out over in Washington, but we will see in the coming years if she was truly a good fit for this position.
Other announced nominees are:
Eric Holder as Attorney General
Governor Janet Napolitano as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security
Susan Rice as Ambassador to the United Nations - (no she is not related to Condi Rice, I already checked.)
General Jim Jones, USMC (Ret) as National Security Adviser
President-elect Obama also announced that he has asked Robert Gates to stay on as Secretary of Defense.
Source: http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/the_national_security_team/
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