Madame Secretary

The Team of Rivals is real. Multiple sources are now confirming that the Obama team has resolved all potential issues surrounding the appointment of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. The position will be formally announced after Thanksgiving.

The AP is reporting, “An aide to Barack Obama’s transition team says the president-elect is on track to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving. One week after the former primary rivals met secretly to discuss the idea of Clinton becoming the nation’s top diplomat, the two sides were moving quickly toward making it a reality barring any unforeseen problems. The transition aide said Thursday that they have worked out financial disclosure issues that involved her husband, former President Bill Clinton, and the complicated international funding of his foundation that operates in 27 nations. The aide said the two have had substantive conversations about the post.”

The Washington Post on its website is noting, ” Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is on track to be nominated for secretary of State in the Obama administration, transition aides said on Thursday night. Days of back and forth followed the meeting between President-elect Barack Obama and Clinton last week in Chicago, when the two principals first discussed the post, with advisers to Clinton suggesting she might not want the job and questions persisting about the business work and international ties of her husband, former president Bill Clinton. But the former president agreed to a thorough vetting, and Obama advisers did not back away from reports that the New York senator was the president-elect’s top pick. On Thursday night, aides said that the vetting issues have been resolved, and the selection could occur soon, perhaps immediately after Thanksgiving.”