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| US President-elect Barack Obama is due to announce the National Security team in his new administration today. | |
| Mr Obama is expected to nominate Senator Hillary Clinton as his Secretary of State. | |
| She is due to join Mr Obama at a Chicago news conference where the National Security team will be named. | |
| Mrs Clinton lost out to Mr Obama when the two contested a bitterly fought race for the Democratic Party presidential nomination. | Mrs Clinton lost out to Mr Obama when the two contested a bitterly fought race for the Democratic Party presidential nomination. |
| The expected announcement comes after weeks of speculation as to what, if any, role Mrs Clinton would play in an Obama administration. | |
| Although the two repeatedly clashed during the nomination race, Mrs Clinton went on to campaign for Mr Obama as he took on Republican John McCain in the race for the White House. | |
| Complicated agreement | |
| Former president Bill Clinton cleared the way for his wife's appointment by reaching a complicated agreement on his financial arrangements, reports said. | |
| Correspondents said there had been fears her nomination could falter over the appearance of conflicts of interest between her husband's charitable foundation and lucrative speechmaking schedule. | |
| Mr Clinton has agreed to release the list of donors to his foundation by the end of the year, officials overseeing the presidential transition said. | |
| He has also agreed to submit future engagements, speeches and sources of income to the State Department and the White House and to take a more behind-the-scenes role in the daily running of his foundation, sources said. | |
| A BBC Washington correspondent says the current Defence Secretary, Robert Gates, looks set to remain in his job. | A BBC Washington correspondent says the current Defence Secretary, Robert Gates, looks set to remain in his job. |
| Selecting Mr Gates - who was appointed by President George W Bush two years ago - would allow Mr Obama to honour a promise to name at least one Republican cabinet member. | Selecting Mr Gates - who was appointed by President George W Bush two years ago - would allow Mr Obama to honour a promise to name at least one Republican cabinet member. |
| Retired General James Jones - a former top commander of Nato and US forces in Europe - is likely to be selected as National Security Adviser. | |
| He served in the Bush administration as a Middle East adviser. | |
| Other expected appointments include Eric Holder as Attorney-General, Susan Rice as Ambassador to the United Nations and Governor Janet Napolitano of Arizona as Secretary of Homeland Security. | Other expected appointments include Eric Holder as Attorney-General, Susan Rice as Ambassador to the United Nations and Governor Janet Napolitano of Arizona as Secretary of Homeland Security. |