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Obama to fill key posts in weeks, Hagel on Pentagon list

By REUTERS

DECEMBER 4, 2012 23:03

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama is expected to announce his nominees for secretaries of state and defense in the next two weeks, with former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel on the short list of potential choices to head the Pentagon, senior administration officials said on Tuesday.

Hagel, whose appointment would give Obama's reshuffled second-term cabinet a bipartisan cast, met the Democratic president at the White House this week to discuss a post on his national security team. But there was no sign Obama had decided on the key nominations he will put forth.

Obama also is still deliberating whether to unveil his top national security appointments, which is likely to include a new CIA director, in a single package this month or to name them one-by-one, one of the administration officials said.

Other top contenders to replace Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, are believed to include former senior Pentagon official Michele Flournoy, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Democratic Senator John Kerry,

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