From Bloomberg:Last week, the world was taken by President-elect Barack Obama’s new foreign policy team: Hillary Clinton as U.S. secretary of State and Bob Gates, who is being kept on as head of the Defense Department.
Both choices are remarkable. There hasn’t been anything approaching the selection of Senator Clinton since 1980, when Ronald Reagan offered the vice presidency to old rival and ex- President Gerald Ford; in contrast, the Clinton appointment is probably a good idea.
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