1.0 link 143810 <![CDATA[Officials: Obama Offered Clinton Secretary Of State]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/14/clinton-met-with-obama-ab_n_143810.html President-elect Barack Obama offered Sen. Hillary Clinton the position of Secretary of State during their meeting Thursday in Chicago, according to two senior Democratic officials. She requested time to consider the offer, the officials said.

Multiple reports have indicated that Clinton was under serious consideration for the nation's top diplomatic post, in addition to Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry and Chuck Hagel, the Republican Senator from Nebraska.

A longtime aide to the New York Senator argued to the Huffington Post that...

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