Big names drafted to Obama's transition team: reportFormer secretary of state Warren Christopher Warren Minor Christopher (born October 27, 1925) is an American diplomat and lawyer. During Bill Clinton's first term as President, Christopher served as the 63rd Secretary of State. and respected Democratic former senator Sam Nunn Samuel Augustus Nunn, Jr. (born September 8, 1938) is an American businessman and politician. Currently the co-chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the NTI (Nuclear Threat Initiative), a charitable organization working to reduce the global threats from nuclear, biological and will head president-elect Barack Obama's transition teams in key government departments, CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. reported Wednesday. Christopher, 83, will lead the transition team for the State Department. He led it from 1993 to 1997 under Democratic president Bill Clinton, and was deputy secretary of state 1977-1981 under Democrat Jimmy Carter. Nunn, 70, will lead the handover n. 1. The act of relinquishing property or authority etc. to another; as, the handover of occupied territory to the original posssessors; the handover of power from the military back to the civilian authorities s>. team for the Department of Defense. He represented Georgia in the US senate from 1992 to 1997, and for eight years headed the Senate Armed Services Committee The term Armed Services Committee could refer to:
Since retiring he has focused on national security issues, especially on nuclear disarmament. Names floated in the media as possible Obama secretaries of state include Democratic former presidential candidate John Kerry, and New Mexico governor and former UN ambassador Bill Richardson. Obama's presidential transition team on Tuesday sidestepped a flurry of speculation that he would ask Defense Secretary Robert Gates to stay on in his administration. Obama transition officials have not announced any appointments of senior government officials beyond Rahm Emanuel as the president-elect's chief of staff, and have said that none are expected this week. 
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