In the Headlines

"Obama plans to nominate Clinton for secretary of state after Thanksgiving, his aides say" (Nedra Pickler, AP) - President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, a new milestone for the former first lady and a convergence of two political forces who fought hard for the presidency.

"Detroits Bid for Aid Fails -- For Now" (David Herzenhorn, New York Times) - Democratic Congressional leaders on Thursday said that the executives of America's foundering automakers had failed miserably in persuading Congress or the public that $25 billion in aid from the government would be well spent and they gave industry leaders 12 days to come back with plans showing otherwise.

"Waxman expected to advance Obama's climate agenda as new energy committee chairman" (Janet Hook and Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times) - Defeating another political titan, Rep. Henry A. Waxman, the liberal Los Angeles power broker, captured a House post Thursday that will put him at the center of efforts to advance President-elect Barack Obama's proposals to curb global warming, develop alternative fuels and expand health insurance coverage.

"Obama to delay repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell'" (Rowan Scarborough, Washington Times) - President-elect Barack Obama will not move for months, and perhaps not until 2010, to ask Congress to end the military's decades-old ban on open homosexuals in the ranks, two people who have advised the Obama transition team on this issue say.