Clinton gives no indication on sec. of state job

HARRISBURG -- U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) gave no further indication whether she would become President-elect Barack Obama's secretary of state during a brief discussion with reporters outside the Capitol building Friday afternoon.

"I've said all I can say about that right now," she said before leaving the Capitol complex in a car.

Clinton was in Harrisburg to attend the funeral of the late Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll, who was honored in the Capitol rotunda before an audience of national and state officials.

One of the officials who attended, Gov. Ed Rendell, followed Clinton outside the door. He told reporters Clinton did not tell him whether she would accept the job, saying the two mostly reminisced about the senator's campaign in Pennsylvania during April's Democratic primary.

Rendell, one of Clinton's biggest backers, said if reporters want to take anything away from the event, they should note she was "shaking hands like she was an elected official, not a secretary of state."

"Who knows," he said while ducking into his car.

UPDATE, 4:10 p.m.: The New York Times, citing two unnamed sources close to Clinton, says she has accepted the position.