FACTBOX - Obama adds Clinton and Gates to Cabinet

(Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama on Monday named his national security team, nominating five people including former rival Hillary Clinton and Defence Secretary Robert Gates, to key positions.

This is the latest in a number of announcements by Obama on who will serve in his administration when it takes office January 20.

Here are people Obama has chosen or is said to be considering for key posts. Many remain subject to vetting and Senate confirmation before taking office.

SECRETARY OF STATE

* New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, Obama's former Democratic Party rival for the White House, was nominated to the top diplomatic post. The move is seen as part of Obama's effort to rebuild America's reputation abroad. Aides have said Obama admires Clinton's work ethic and also believes the former first lady's star power would boost his vision of improving America's global standing.

SECRETARY OF Defence

* Current Defence Secretary Robert Gates, named by President George W. Bush in late 2006, is considered a moderate voice on the Republican's national security team and embodies an important signal of continuity. Obama had said early on that he would include Republicans in his cabinet and the 65-year-old Gates has been lauded by members of both parties since taking over the Pentagon from Donald Rumsfeld.

NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER

* Retired Marine Gen. James Jones, the former top operational commander of NATO, was named by Obama to be his national security adviser. Jones is widely respected by both Democrats and Republicans and has avoided aligning himself with either party. But he is known to have been a strong critic of the Bush administration's handling of the Iraq war.