Nov 14, 2008 7:49 am US/Eastern
Hill Power! Obama Eyeing Clinton For Sec. Of State
On Short List With Kerry, Hagel & N.M. Gov. Richardson
CHICAGO (CBS/AP) ―
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New York Senator and former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, flanked by daughter Chelsea, acknowledges crowd at the Democratic National Convention at the Pepsi Center in Denver on Aug. 26, 2008.
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Barack Obama, seen here on Jan. 5, 2007, before being elected president, approaches the media after a meeting with President Bush at the White House in Washington, D.C.
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is among the candidates that President-elect Barack Obama is considering for secretary of state, according to two Democratic officials in close contact with the Obama transition team.
Clinton, the former first lady who pushed Obama hard for the Democratic presidential nomination, was rumored to be a contender for the job last week, but the talk died down as party activists questioned whether she was best-suited to be the nation's top diplomat in an Obama administration.
The talk resumed in Washington and elsewhere Thursday, a day after Obama named several former aides to President Bill Clinton to help run his transition effort.
The two Democratic officials who spoke Thursday did so on the condition of anonymity to avoid angering Obama and his staff. Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines referred questions to the Obama transition team, which said it had no comment.
Other people frequently mentioned for the State Department job are Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and New Mexico's Democratic governor, Bill Richardson.
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