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Clinton & Richardson to be in Obama’s Cabinet

HeadlineNov 24, 2008

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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