President-elect Obama appoints national security team in Chicago

Secretary of State designee Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) (L) speaks as President-elect Barack Obama listens at a news conference during which Obama announced his national security team on December 1, 2008 in Chicago. In addition to Clinton, Obama named Arizona Gov. Janet Nepolitano as homeland security secretary and ret. Marine Gen. James L. Jones as national security advisor, Susan Rice as ambassador to the United Nations, Eric Holder as attorney general and announced that Robert Gates, the current Secretary of Defense, will stay on in his post under the new administration. (UPI Photo/Brian Kersey)