WASHINGTON - US President-elect Barack Obama has announced Monday his national security team, including former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of states and incumbent Defence Secretary Robert Gates, who would retain his
President-elect Barack Obama planned to nominate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as his secretary of state on Monday, transforming a once-bitter political rivalry into a high-level strategic and diplomatic partnership. Obama will name the New
The PLO on Monday voted to give Mahmoud Abbas an additional title of president of the Palestinian state, a symbolic gesture seen as part of the anticipated showdown with rivals from the Islamic militant Hamas over the end of Abbas' term.
