Shape of Obama's Cabinet emerges

Barack Obama is likely to choose Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano for the job of secretary of homeland security, top Obama advisers and several Democrats said as the shape of the president-elect's Cabinet begins to emerge.

The Obama advisers cautioned that no final decision has been made on putting Napolitano in charge of the Homeland Security department, the massive agency created by Congress after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. But the advisers said she was by far the top contender.

So far, Obama has informally selected Washington lawyer Eric Holder as attorney general and former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle as health and human services secretary. The plans could be sidetracked by unexpected glitches in the final vetting process, officials note.

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