Published 11/21/2008
by CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney
at CNN Political Ticker
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is being talked about as staying on in an Obama administration.
(CNN) — President-elect Obama is on track to nominate Sen. Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state after Thanksgiving, three aides on Obama's transition team told CNN Thursday.
Clinton senior adviser Philippe Reines repeated a statement that "any and all speculation [...]
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