US President-elect Barack Obama is said to have offered former rival Hillary Clinton the post of Secretary of State, the American equivalent of foreign secretary.
Reports are suggesting that Clinton could be in line for a top job in the administration
There are reports in the US media that the pair met to discuss whether Senator Clinton would be interested in taking the role.
Mrs Clinton is said to have left the meeting under the impression that the job was hers if she wanted it. Later, she refused to comment on the reports.
Appointing her to such a high-profile post would help to heal some of the rifts in the Democratic Party following the bitter fight for the presidential nomination.
Many Democrats were upset that Mr Obama chose Joe Biden as his running mate rather than Mrs Clinton, who won 18 million votes in the race for the nomination.
However, she went on to campaign enthusiastically for Mr Obama.
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Sky News political analyst and former Clinton aide Jon-Christopher Bua said:"Hillary Clinton is a bold choice as Secretary of State in the Obama administration.
"By burying the hatchet after a long and contentious campaign Obama, just like Lincoln, seems to be signalling that he wants to create a team of rivals from the country's best and brightest.
"Hillary is internationally known and well liked. She also is a close friend of Joe Biden and these two could form a very successful alliance.
"It is now Hillary's choice to formally accept or decline. I think it's a go."
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The former First Lady would not be the first woman to get the job and would follow in the footsteps of the current holder, Condoleezza Rice, and Madeleine Albright, who served under Bill Clinton.
Mrs Clinton, 61, has extensive foreign policy experience, having travelled widely when her husband Bill was president from 1993 to 2001, and from her time in the Senate, where she serves on the Armed Services Committee.
According to the Washington Post, Mrs Clinton's name emerged as a possible Secretary of State because the Obama camp "is not overly happy with the usual suspects" mentioned for the job.
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These include Senator John Kerry, a former presidential candidate, former US representative to the United Nations Richard Holbrooke and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson.
Republican Senator Richard Lugar, whom Mr Obama admires, has made clear he does not want to serve in the administration.
Chuck Hagel, another Republican Senator and a moderate on foreign policy, is also said to be in the mix for a national security job after touring Iraq and Afghanistan with Mr Obama earlier this year.
Speculation has also swirled around the post of Defence Secretary, with rumours that current incumbent Robert Gates might be asked to stay on.
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