Hillary named Secy of State

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 post.
“America must be strong at home and abroad,” Obama told a news conference in his transition office headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, drawing a full stop to a month-long speculations on his cabinet members.
“To succeed, we must pursue a new strategy that power our military and diplomacy, our intelligence and law enforcement, our economy and the power of our moral example,” said the president-elect with all national security team members announced standing beside him.
“They share my pragmatism about the use of power, and my sense of purpose about America’s role as a leader in the world,” he said.
Obama referred his former presidential rival Mrs Clinton as “a friend, a colleague, a source of counsel and as a campaign opponent” who possesses “an extraordinary intelligence and toughness.”
Ms Clinton’s appointment to the top diplomatic official, as Obama said, is “a sign to friend and foe of the seriousness of my commitment to renew American diplomacy and restore our alliance.”