![President-elect Barack Obama stands with his national security team nominees Eric Holder (Attorney General), Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano (Homeland Security), Robert Gates (continuing as Secretary of Defense) and Vice President-elect Joe Biden during a news conference in Chicago, December 1, 2008.[John Gress/Reuters]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20081202/000cf1a487730a9ee9721a.jpg "President-elect Barack Obama stands with his national security team nominees Eric Holder (Attorney General), Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano (Homeland Security), Robert Gates (continuing as Secretary of Defense) and Vice President-elect Joe Biden during a news conference in Chicago, December 1, 2008.[John Gress/Reuters]") |
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President-elect Barack Obama stands with his national security team nominees Eric Holder (Attorney General), Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano (Homeland Security), Robert Gates (continuing as Secretary of Defense) and Vice President-elect Joe Biden during a news conference in Chicago, December 1, 2008.[John Gress/Reuters]
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Obama says he will give the military a new mission as soon as he takes office. He calls it "responsibly ending the war in Iraq through a successful transition to Iraqi control."
The President-elect also named his national security adviser, head of homeland security, attorney general and UN ambassador.
(CCTV December 2, 2008)
