Obama names national security team

From NBC's Athena Jones CHICAGO -- It's the closest thing to the “Dream Ticket” that supporters of former rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are going to get. In his fifth post-election press conference, the president-elect officially nominated the New York senator to serve as his secretary of state, a key Cabinet position at a time when the country is facing foreign policy challenges on several fronts. He also named Gen. James Jones to be national security advisor, Robert Gates to stay on as defense secretary, Dr. Susan Rice as ambassador to the United Nations, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano as secretary of homeland security and Eric Holder as attorney general.  Obama said he hoped the team members would be confirmed quickly. After a long primary campaign during which their camps traded harsh criticism of one another on foreign policy matters, some questioned the president-elect’s choice of his former opponent, as well as other big personalities who may disagree ... (link)