Obama to tap Richardson for commerce secretary: NBC

Fri Nov 21, 2008 9:48pm GMT
 
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama is expected to tap New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as U.S. secretary of commerce, NBC News said on Friday.

Richardson, a former United Nations ambassador and energy secretary during President Bill Clinton's administration, had been an early supporter of Obama after dropping his own presidential ambitions.

 
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