Obama to name Hillary as secretary of state

"I suspect, however, that I'm not alone in suggesting that there will be questions raised, and probably legitimate questions," Lugar added.
The New York Times, citing Democratic sources, reported that Bill Clinton had decided to make public his contributor list to avoid an appearance of conflict of interest with his wife's duties as the top U.S. diplomat.
Clinton turned over names of all 208,000 individuals and organizations that have given money since 1997, the Times said, and his foundation will release them publicly by year's end.
Future donors also will be disclosed as long as Hillary Clinton serves in Obama's cabinet, the newspaper reported.
The former president has also agreed to submit his speeches and business dealings in advance to State Department ethics officials for their review, as well as to the White House counsel's office if need be, the Times reported.
A member of Obama's transition team confirmed the conditions of the agreement as reported by the Times.
"I think this arrangement sets up a framework of transparency and disclosure. And I think that's a significant and important aspect of the confirmation process," Democratic Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, another member of the Foreign Relations panel, said on the ABC program.
Lugar hailed Clinton, Lugar, Jones and Rice as "excellent selections. I think it will be a strong team."
Reed and other senators praised Gates, who has been credited with revamping U.S. military operations in Iraq after Donald Rumsfeld's tumultuous tenure at the Pentagon.
"He led us through some difficult times in Iraq. And if Iraq had become a failed state, we would be talking about a lot more on this show than just Pakistan and India. We'd be talking about a region in chaos," South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham told "Fox News Sunday."
Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill said of Gates: "Even though there may have been times I disagreed with him and maybe Barack Obama disagreed with him, this is a man who clearly holds the highest level of the military accountable for mistakes, which has been very impressive to all of us."