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November 24, 2008

Clinton & Richardson to be in Obama’s Cabinet
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Advisers to Obama say he has decided on several other key cabinet posts.
The President-elect is on track to name Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
as Secretary of State and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson as
Commerce Secretary. Richardson served as UN ambassador under President
Bill Clinton and later as Energy Secretary. Eric Holder is expected to
be named Attorney General. Holder held the number two slot in the
Justice Department under Bill Clinton. Other expected cabinet nominees
include former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota as
Secretary of Health and Human Services and Arizona Governor Janet
Napolitano as Homeland Security Secretary.



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