U.S. President-elect Barack Obama (R) stands with his national security team nominees Eric Holder (Attorney General), Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano (Head of Homeland Security), Robert Gates (continuing as Secretary of Defense), Vice President-elect Joe Biden, Senator Hillary Clinton (Secretary of State), retired Marine General James Jones (National Security Advisor) and Susan Rice (U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations) (L-R) during a news conference in Chicago December 1, 2008.[Xinhua/Reuters]