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***Update 12/1, 11 AM***
At a news conference today, Obama introduced his picks of retired Marine Gen. James Jones as White House national security adviser, former Justice Department official Eric Holder as attorney general, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano as secretary of homeland security, Susan Rice as UN Ambassador, Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State and Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense
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The International Herald Tribune provides some interesting background on Susan Rice, set to be announced as Obama's UN Ambassador Monday:
President-elect Barack Obama has chosen his foreign policy adviser, Susan Rice, to be ambassador to the United Nations, picking an advocate of "dramatic action" against genocide as he rounds out his national security team, Democrats close to the transition said Sunday.
Obama intends to announce Rice's selection at a news conference here Monday along with his previously reported decisions to nominate Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for secretary of state, keep Robert Gates as defense secretary and appoint General James Jones, a retired Marine commandant, his national security adviser, the Democrats said.
ABC originally reported on the almost-announcement, similar to the one seen with Obama's economic team:
ABC News has learned that Dr. Susan Rice has emerged as the leading candidate to be President-elect Obama's nominee as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
Neither Dr. Rice nor the Obama Transition Team had any comment. The usual caveats apply -- nothing is yet a done deal, nothing has been officially offered or accepted, national security team announcements will not come until after Thanksgiving.
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Read Susan Rice's Huffington Post pieces:March 6, 2008: C'mon, Senators Clinton and McCain
December 26, 2007: Ready to Lead on Day One?
November 28, 2007: Who's Got the Foreign Policy Experience We Need?
October 5, 2007: Blackwater Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg
July 14, 2005: Why Karl Rove Has To Go
June 29, 2005: Bush's Speech: Is He for Real?
May 10, 2005: Iraq: We Should Leave When We're Done