WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Hillary Clinton decided to join her one-time rival's team because she wanted to be part of the "greatest adventure of our century," she said Monday after President-elect Barack Obama named her as his nominee for secretary of state. Sen. Hillary Clinton addresses the media in Chicago on Monday while President-elect Barack Obama looks on. "President Kennedy once said that engaging the world to meet the threats we face was the greatest adventure of our century," Clinton said during a news conference in Chicago, Illinois, when Obama unveiled his national security team. "Well, Mr. President-elect, I am proud to join you on what will be a difficult and exciting adventure in this new century."
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President-elect Obama taps Sen. Hillary Clinton to be his secretary of state
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Obama calls Clinton a woman of "extraordinary intelligence and toughness"
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Former rivals engaged in tough exchanges on foreign policy during primary fight
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Obama says national security team members share common "core vision"
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