Clinton confirmation hearing set for Tuesday

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's confirmationhearing to become secretary of state will be Tuesday according to the Associated Press.

Incoming Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry
said Wednesday he will chair the hearing on President-elect Barack
Obama's pick for the top foreign policy post, and both Republicans
and Democrats say they expect no serious objections to her
confirmation.

The confirmation of Clinton would give New York Gov. David
Paterson the power to appoint her Senate successor.

Caroline Kennedy wants the job and Paterson has said he's
considering her along with other candidates.

The committee is expected to vote on Clinton's nomination
Thursday, at the start of a confirmation hearing on Susan Rice,
Obama's pick to become U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.