\"She knew this was the right thing to do but just needed to sit with it for a bit to make sure,\" a top Clinton adviser said. Clinton to accept State offer

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) plans to accept President-elect Barack Obama’s expected offer to become secretary of State and resign from the Senate, a top Clinton adviser said. An announcement is expected shortly after Thanksgiving, officials said.

"She knew this was the right thing to do but just needed to sit with it for a bit to make sure," the adviser said.


Clinton spokesman Phillippe Reines said in a statement to reporters:

“We’re still in discussions, which are very much on track. Any reports beyond that are premature.”

Financial disclosure issues have been worked out, aides said.

The choice unites the two rivals in the most protracted presidential primary in American history, giving Obama the Team of Rivals Cabinet he had promised.

Former President Bill Clinton authorized unprecedented disclosures about his finances to Obama's vetting team, and transition lawyers are satisfied, officials said.

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