Obama to name first woman solicitor general

From NBC's Pete Williams President-Elect Obama intends to nominate the dean of the Harvard Law School to be the first female full-time solicitor general, the government's top courtroom advocate. No woman has ever held the position in any but an acting role. Elena Kagan is a former Clinton White House lawyer and policy adviser. She also clerked for Justice Thurgood Marshall at the Supreme Court and, before that, for Judge Abner Mikva at the D.C. Court of Appeals. Obama was also considering another woman -- Kathleen Sullivan , dean of the Stanford Law School -- for the job.  Obama's transition said today the president-elect has chosen three other veterans of the Clinton Administration for other top Justice positions. ...( read more ) (link)