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Barack Obama will follow Lincoln’s lead in choosing bipartisan Cabinet

Barack Obama From CBS - 60 Minutes By Steve Kroft

Published 15 November 2008

President-elect ready to hand top posts to ‘enemies’. Also Discusses National Security, Iraq, And His Cabinet In 60 Minutes Interview. Barack Obama said today he would appoint at least one Republican to his cabinet as he praised the wisdom of Abraham Lincoln – a president who gave top posts to several of his bitterest political enemies. Mr Obama, who meets John McCain in Chicago tomorrow to discuss ways they can work together after he becomes…