Hillary Clinton

The first sign of cracks in President-elect Barack Obama’s foreign policy team of rivals emerged on Monday as his choices for secretary of state and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations visited the State Department.

At the recent Gridiron dinner, an off the records dinner in which politicians sing and crack jokes said that his real goal was to become President of the United States because ‘Once you go black you don’t go back,’ referencing Barack Obama’s recent election.

From Craig Gordon & Ben Smith at Politico.com: It’s slim pickings left for high-profile White House hopefuls, as bold-face names like Clinton and Gates have taken some of the plum postings. With the inner circle occupied, most of the jockeying now focuses on powerful, lower-profile sub-Cabinet positions.

Does the Barack-Hillary team stand a chance?

This morning, President-elect Obama appointed his national security Cabinet posts in a televised press conference.

WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama plans to announce longtime advisers and political foes alike as his picks for top administration jobs at a Monday news conference, nominating one-time political nemesis Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state.

From SarojOnTheIssues: The election of Barack Obama to the office of the President was only the starting point. In his first decision in this capacity, President-elect Barack Obama is in the process of selecting his cabinet memebers. So far so good, I’d say, with some exceptions. Click here to find out!

President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, a new milestone for the former first lady and a convergence of two political forces who fought hard for the presidency.

In his blog on the Huffington Post, Russell Simmons made a strong case for Hillary Clinton for as Barack Obama’s secretary of state. Simmons was originally a Hillary supporter for President, before switching over to Obama.

From the African American Political Pundit Tell me it’s not true. No Hillary Rodham Clinton has not emerged as a top contender to be Secretary of State. I know it is said, keep your friends close but your enemies closer, but why keep a color aroused bigot so close?

Former President Bill Clinton‘s globe-trotting business deals and fundraising for his foundation sometimes put his activities abroad at odds with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and could cause complications if President-elect Barack Obama picks her to be secretary of state.

The Huffington Post claims that President-Elect Barack Obama has offered Hillary Clinton the cabinet post of Secretary of State, although major news organizations like the Associated Press and the New York Times report only that the recent Democratic rivals met this week.