Hillary Clinton vows to stay into second Obama term for "a seamless transition" to new appointee

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Clinton vows to stay into second Obama term

By Agence France-Presse
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 -- 10:45 pm

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/22/clinton-vows-to-stay-into-second-obama-term/



WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton said she planned to stay on as secretary of state into US President Barack Obama's second term, presuming he wins re-election, to help with the transition.

"I will stay until the beginning of the next term because I know it takes a while for people to get appointed and confirmed," Clinton told ABC News in an interview.

"There needs to be a seamless transition with whomever President Obama decides to appoint after he is re-elected, which I am confident he will be," she said.

Obama selected Clinton, 63, to be his administration's top diplomat after defeating her in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary -- a five month, coast-to-coast nominating marathon.