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President-elect Barack Obama takes
questions from reporters during a news conference in Chicago, Monday, Dec.
1, 2008, with, from left to right: Attorney General-designate Eric Holder;
Homeland Security Secretary-designate Janet Napolitano; Defense Secretary
Robert Gates; Vice President-elect Joe Biden; Secretary of State-designate
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.; National Security Adviser-designate
Ret. Marine Gen. James Jones; and United Nations Ambassador-designate
Susan Rice.
(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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Obama announces his national security
team
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S.
President-elect Barack Obama announced on Monday his national security team,
including former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state and
incumbent Defense 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. Full story
Obama reiterates plan to withdraw U.S.
troops from Iraq in 16 months
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S.
President-elect Barack Obama reiterated on Monday his plan to withdraw U.S.
combat forces from Iraq in the first 16 month after he takes office.
Obama told a press conference in his transition office
headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, that he still believes 16 months is the
"right time frame" to redeploy U.S. combat troops from Iraq. Full story
Obama vows to eliminate threat of
terrorism
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President-elect Barack
Obama pledged on Monday to make every effort to eliminate the threat of
terrorism after he is sworn in as president in January next year.
"We cannot tolerate a world where innocents are being
killed by extremists," Obama said at a news conference in Chicago. Full story
Former U.S. President Clinton rejoiced
at his wife nomination as State Secretary
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Former U.S. President Bill
Clinton was rejoiced at his wife's nomination as the next state secretary,
saying she is "the right person for the job" on Monday.
"She has already earned the respect of foreign
leaders and diplomats through her work to promote human rights and the
empowerment of women through access to education, health care and economic
opportunity," Clinton said in a Monday statement released shortly after Obama
announced his choice of Hillary Rodham Clinton as the top diplomat at a news
conference in Chicago. Full story
Top aide: Obama cabinet to be nearly
complete by
Christmas
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama
will have nearly named his entire cabinet by Christmas, a top Obama aide said
Friday.
John Podesta, a co-chair of the
Obama transition team, told Bloomberg News that "virtually the whole cabinet"
would be in place by the end of the year.
Earlier this week, Obama announced his nomination of New York Fed chairman
Timothy Geithner to be treasury secretary. Full
story
