Chicago, IL - December 1, 2008 -- United States President-Elect Barack Obama gives a press conference with, left to right, Eric Holder nominated for Attorney General, Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, picked for homeland security secretary, defense secretary Robert Gates, who will keep his current post, Vice President-elect Joe Biden, United States Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (Democrat of New York), nominated for Secretary of State,  James L Jones, nominated as national security adviser and Susan Rice, picked for United Nations ambassador, Monday morning, December 1, 2008 at the Chicago Hilton & Towers in Chicago, Illinois.  .Credit: Anne Ryan - Pool via CNP
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