chicagotribune.com - 11/14/2008
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Senior officials with President-elect Barack Obama's transition team said late Thursday that Sen. Hillary Clinton would be an asset to the new administration, but declined to confirm reports she was under consideration for secretary of state. Aides to Clinton had little to say about the news ...
politico.com - 11/14/2008
voices.washingtonpost.com - 11/13/2008
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voices.washingtonpost.com —
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) looks up during
a Veterans Day event at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
in New York City. (Chris Hondros/Getty Images) By Al Kamen and Philip Rucker There's increasing chatter in political circles that the Obama ...
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Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State?
firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 11/14/2008
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firstread.msnbc.msn.com —
From NBC’s Andrea MitchellTwo Obama advisers have told
NBC News that Hillary Clinton is under consideration to
be secretary of state. Would she be interested? Those who know Clinton say possibly. But her office says that any decisions ...
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Hillary for State?
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Could Obama Name Hillary Clinton As His Secretary Of State?
The Moderate Voice —
... though it did not preclude the possibility of a meeting between Obama and Clinton, NBC reported.
The Obama campaign did not immediately return a request for comment on whose motorcade preceded Obama’s out of the underground garage beneath the Kluczynski Federal Building Thursday evening.
The Obama campaign could deal with all the speculation quickly: by flatly denying that Clinton is under speculation for the post.
Instead, it has responded like this:
Senior officials with President-elect Barack Obama’s ...
Thurdsay Night Open Thread
TalkLeft —
... is that Hillary Clinton is on the Obama team's short list for Secretary of State, along with Bill Richardson, John Kerry, and Tom Daschle. Some are ...
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Dems benefit from lobby boom —
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Obama likely to push courts away from right —
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