Obama's Monday news conference

By GottaLaff

FYI, 10:40 am EST is the time of P.E. Obama's newser to announce Secretary of Clinton, as well as:

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, a member of a Republican administration who would stay on under the new Democratic president; retired Marine Corps Gen. James Jones as White House national security adviser, and Susan Rice, an Obama foreign policy adviser, as U.N. ambassador.

The first black elected as president will choose former Justice Department official Eric Holder as the first black attorney general, the top U.S. law enforcement officer, a Democratic official said.

The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano would be homeland security chief.