Clinton to accept offer of secretary of state job

Ewen MacAskill in Washington
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday November 18 2008 00.01 GMT
The Guardian, Tuesday November 18 2008

Hillary Clinton plans to accept the job of secretary of state offered by Barack Obama, who is reaching out to former rivals to build a broad coalition administration, the Guardian has learned.

Obama's advisers have begun looking into Bill Clinton's foundation, which distributes millions of dollars to Africa to help with development, to ensure there is no conflict of interest. But Democrats believe the vetting will be straightforward.