Hillary Clinton

===Nomination and confirmation===
In mid-November 2008, President-elect Obama and Clinton discussed the possibility of her serving as [[U.S. Secretary of State|secretary of state]] in his administration.{{sfn|Allen|Parnes|2014|pp=48–52}} She was initially quite reluctant, but on November 20 she told Obama she would accept the position.<ref name="nytm-rock">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/magazine/hillary-clintons-last-tour-as-a-rock-star-diplomat.html |title=Last Tour of the Rock-Star Diplomat |author=Myers, Steven Lee |magazine=[[The New York Times Magazine]] |date=July 1, 2012 |pages=18–23, 49}}</ref>{{sfn|Allen|Parnes|2014|pp=58–60}} On December 1, President-elect Obama formally announced that Clinton would be his nominee for secretary of state.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/deadlineusa/2008/dec/01/obama-clinton-secretary-of-state |title=As it happened: Obama nominates Hillary Clinton for secretary of state |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=December 1, 2008 |first=Elana |last=Schor}}</ref><ref name="sky120108">{{Cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927114952/http://news.sky.com/story/651982/obama-confirms-hillary-in-top-job |archive-date=September 27, 2012 |url=http://news.sky.com/story/651982/obama-confirms-hillary-in-top-job |title=Obama Confirms Hillary in Top Job |publisher=[[Sky News]] |date=December 1, 2008}}</ref> Clinton said she did not want to leave the Senate, but that the new position represented a "difficult and exciting adventure".<ref name="sky120108"/> As part of the nomination and to relieve concerns of conflict of interest, Bill Clinton agreed to accept several conditions and restrictions regarding his ongoing activities and fundraising efforts for the [[Clinton Foundation|William J. Clinton Foundation]] and the [[Clinton Global Initiative]].{{sfn|Allen|Parnes|2014|p=81}}

The appointment required a [[Saxbe fix]], passed and signed into law in December 2008.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/bush-approves-bill-reducing-secretary-of-states-pay/ |title=Bush Approves Bill Reducing Secretary of State's Pay |author=Falcone, Michael |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 19, 2008}}</ref> Confirmation hearings before the [[United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations|Senate Foreign Relations Committee]] began on January 13, 2009, a week before the Obama inauguration; two days later, the committee voted 16–1 to approve Clinton.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/28624112/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409043257/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/28624112/ |archive-date=April 9, 2014 |title=Senate panel backs Clinton as secretary of state |agency=Associated Press |work=[[NBC News]] |date=January 15, 2009}}</ref> By this time, her public approval rating had reached 65&nbsp;percent, the highest point since the Lewinsky scandal.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/113740/Senate-Hearings-Begin-Hillary-Clintons-Image-Soars.aspx |title=As Senate Hearings Begin, Hillary Clinton's Image Soars |author=Jones, Jeffrey M. |publisher=[[Gallup Organization]] |date=January 13, 2009}}</ref> On January 21, 2009, Clinton was confirmed in the full Senate by a vote of 94–2.<ref name="kate phillips">{{Cite news |url=http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/senate-debates-clinton-confirmation/ |title=Senate Confirms Clinton as Secretary of State |last=Phillips |first=Kate |date=January 21, 2009 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Clinton took the oath of office of secretary of state, [[resignation from the United States Senate|resigning from the Senate]] later that day.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Clinton sworn in at State Dept. and then resigns Senate |first=Brian |last=Tumulty |work=[[The Journal News]] |date=January 21, 2009 |url=http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2009/01/21/clinton-has-resigned-the-senate-sworn-in-at-state-dept |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201014210/http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2009/01/21/clinton-has-resigned-the-senate-sworn-in-at-state-dept |archive-date=February 1, 2009}}</ref> She became the first former first lady to be a member of the [[Cabinet of the United States|United States Cabinet]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/politicaljunkie/2008/12/obama_brings_hillary_to_cabine.html |title=Obama Brings Hillary to Cabinet, GOP to Ariz. State House |author=Rudin, Ken |publisher=[[NPR]] |date=December 1, 2008}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=This source is a blog, not NPR proper.|date=December 2022}}