WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama today named a one-time rival as well as the current defense secretary to top positions in his new administration.
During a news conference in Chicago, he described his advisers as the "team is what we need to create a new direction in national security."
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), who was Obama's rival in the often bitter fight for the Democratic nomination for president, was nominated to be secretary of state. She said the job will be "a difficult and exciting adventure."
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