The former first lady, who was in a drawn-out battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, is in her second term as a senator from New York. -- PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
WASHINGTON - SENATOR Hillary Clinton, who lost to Mr Barack Obama in the Democratic presidential primary, is being considered to serve as secretary of state in the Obama administration, NBC News reported on Thursday.
The report cited two unnamed advisers to President-elect Obama. The report said Mrs Clinton's office would only say that any decisions on the appointment would be up to the president-elect.
The former first lady, who was in a drawn-out battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, is in her second term as a senator from New York.
Several other names also have been mentioned for the top US diplomatic post including Senator John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee; Mr Sam Nunn, a Democrat and former Senate Armed Services Committee chairman; Senator Chuck Hagel, an outspoken Republican member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, who was UN ambassador in former President Bill Clinton's administration and also sought the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. -- REUTERS
