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President-elect Obama named more of the people he wants to run the federal bureaucracy. As expected, he announced Monday that he will nominate Sen.

Hillary Clinton to become secretary of state. If confirmed, she would work with foreign policy adviser Susan Rice and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.

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After all the lead up, Barack Obama has officially announced Hillary Clinton as his choice to be Secretary of State.

Said Obama of Clinton:

President-elect Obama made public Monday what has long been expected: He will nominate Sen. Hillary Clinton to be his secretary of state.

Clinton will be part of a new national security team that includes other familiar faces. Robert Gates, the current secretary of defense, would stay at the Pentagon.

For national security adviser, Obama has chosen retired Marine Gen. James Jones, a former NATO commander and commandant of the Marine Corps.

President-elect Barack Obama is set to unveil his national security team Monday. It's expected that former rival Hillary Clinton will be named secretary of state and Robert Gates will stay on as defense secretary.

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10:40 a.m.

ET to be exact.

We all know the names by now.

Gen. Jim Jones for National Security Adviser.

Robert Gates for Defense Secretary. And Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State.

Writing for The Atlantic, Robert D. Kaplan thinks Barack Obama has made a good decision by choosing political rival Hillary Clinton to be Secretary of State.

But Kaplan foresees success for Obama not just because of the team he’s assembled but because international conditions are favorable for success:

The new Obama administration is taking shape and Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to stay on at the Pentagon.

Gates would be part of a national security and foreign policy team that's also expected to include Senator Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State.

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