Hillary Rodham Clinton will accept the post of Secretary of State in the incoming Obama Administration, reports the New York Times. The Junior Senator from New York will give up her seat in the United States Senate in order to take the position. A confidant of Mrs. Clinton told the New York TImes she had decided to head the State Department after ongoing discussions with President-elect Obama regarding her role within the administration and his foreign policy objectives over the next fours years.

I had my doubts about this appointment, but now that it seems all but set in stone - unless The Times has it all wrong and is forced to eat humble pie, which is always fun too - it’s time to wish Senator Clinton congratulations on her new job. She’s no doubt worked incredibly hard to get where she is today and put up with a lot of crap, so it’s nice to see all that effort pay off.

I shook hands with Hillary Clinton during a campaign stop on her husband’s 1992 Presidential campaign in York, Pennsylvania. I’ve met other politicians before and since, but none with the energy and enthusiasm of Hillary Clinton. The woman grabbed at my hand as though it had food in it and she was starving, and she did the same thing all the way up a line of hundreds of people. Let’s hope she brings that same kind of gusto to the State Department.

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NY Times: Clinton is said to accept offer of Secretary of State position

Reuters: Hillary Clinton’s views on foreign policy issues

WaPo: Obama team springs leaks