.@JoeBiden: Consider Serving as Secretary of State

"Joe Biden is at the top of the internal short list Hillary Clinton’s transition team is preparing for her pick to be secretary of state," Politico reports. "He'd be great, and they are spending a lot of time figuring out the best way to try to persuade him to do it if she wins,” said a source familiar with Hillary Clinton's transition planning. The Vice President, who chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee before joining the administration, is "one of the most experienced and respected Democrats on the world stage," Politico notes. [1]

Politico notes that in the Obama Administration, Biden has often played the role of chief skeptic on demands for U.S. military escalation, citing debates in the Administration over the use of force in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and Libya. Of the candidates apparently being considered, Biden has unique personal stature to push back on demands for U.S. military escalation, including those coming from State Department officials.

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References:
1. http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/clinton-biden-secretary-of-state-230428