Obama To Nominate John Kerry For US Secretary Of State

By Joseph Lazzaro | December 21 2012 11:21 AM

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday will announce his nomination of Senator John Kerry as U.S. secretary of state to succeed Hillary Clinton, senior administration officials said.

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Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Democratic presidential candidate in 2004, had been widely tipped for the post as America's top diplomat after U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice withdrew her name from consideration last week.

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