Daschle to Be Nominee for Health Post in Obama Cabinet
By HELENE COOPER and PETER BAKER
NYT
WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama has decided to nominate former Senator Thomas A. Daschle of South Dakota as secretary of health and human services, and is leaning toward former Deputy Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. as attorney general, people close to the transition said Wednesday.
But most attention in Washington continued to be focused on the possibility that Mr. Obama might nominate Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to serve as secretary of state. Democrats close to the situation said Wednesday that former President Bill Clinton has agreed to several restrictions on his future business and philanthropic activities to pave the way for his wife to become the nation’s chief diplomat..
Mr. Clinton agreed to disclose some major donors to his charitable foundation and to subject his future foundation activities and paid speeches to ethics reviews, Democrats close to the negotiations said, speaking on the ground of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the selection process.
The former president would also cede day-to-day responsibility for the William J. Clinton Foundation and would alert the State Department to his speaking plans and new income sources while his wife served as secretary of state, according to the Democrats. But he would not necessarily have to disclose all the contributors to his foundation.
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NYT
WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama has decided to nominate former Senator Thomas A. Daschle of South Dakota as secretary of health and human services, and is leaning toward former Deputy Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. as attorney general, people close to the transition said Wednesday.
But most attention in Washington continued to be focused on the possibility that Mr. Obama might nominate Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to serve as secretary of state. Democrats close to the situation said Wednesday that former President Bill Clinton has agreed to several restrictions on his future business and philanthropic activities to pave the way for his wife to become the nation’s chief diplomat..
Mr. Clinton agreed to disclose some major donors to his charitable foundation and to subject his future foundation activities and paid speeches to ethics reviews, Democrats close to the negotiations said, speaking on the ground of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the selection process.
The former president would also cede day-to-day responsibility for the William J. Clinton Foundation and would alert the State Department to his speaking plans and new income sources while his wife served as secretary of state, according to the Democrats. But he would not necessarily have to disclose all the contributors to his foundation.
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