Secretary of State Hillary Clinton dismissed rumors on Wednesday that she will replace Vice President Biden on the 2012 ticket.
"I have absolutely no interest and no reason for doing anything other than dismissing these stories and moving on. We have so much to do and I think we're both happy doing what we're doing," Clinton said at Fortune magazine's "Most Powerful Women" summit.
The rumors began Tuesday after Bob Woodward said in a CNN interview that the possibility is "on the table."
Clinton's response mirrors those of Administration officials.
"Just absolutely not true. It's not a discussion that's happened," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told The New York Times.
"There's absolutely nothing to it," David Axelrod, President Obama's senior adviser, told The Washington Post.
Clinton, for her part, says it's one more reason to distrust media.
"With all due respect, I don't believe anything I read in the press," Clinton said in response to a question from Ann Moore asking her to confirm or deny the rumors.
"I think the Vice President is doing a wonderful job. He's a great friend of mine. We work closely. He's an expert on foreign policy. I have absolutely no interest and no reason for doing anything other than dismissing these stories and moving on. We have so much to do and I think we're both happy," she said at the event at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, DC. "We have a great relationship."
WATCH an excerpt of the interview below:
When asked in her wide-ranging interview whom she considers to be the wisest person on the planet right now, Clinton responded "Nelson Mandela" without hesitation, adding that "he was incredibly inspirational to me and still is."
She also told the story how President Obama called her to Chicago to ask her to be his Secretary of State, calling it "one of the hardest professional decisions I've ever made."
"It worked out well," Clinton told her audience. "We have a wonderful working relationship" she said, acknowledging that there was a lot of chatter about whether the two would would be able to work together.
Clinton says it's proven to be a valuable lesson that she hopes to impart to other world leaders.
"I say look I spent a year and a half trying to win and to beat President Obama. I was not successful. It was a really hard-fought campaign, our supporters said a lot of nasty things about each of us... But at the end of the day when the president asked me to serve with him and for our country I agreed to do that because we both love our country. And it's fascinating how so many political leaders and media leaders in these various countries look so surprised. And I really force them to think about what it takes to overcome the back and forth..."