Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker has told Barack Obama's team she does not want to serve as Commerce Secretary, said a senior Obama official.
"Penny Pritzker ultimately has decided she does not want to do the Commerce thing," the senior official said.
Pritzker has issued this statement: "Speculation has grown that I am a candidate for Secretary of Commerce. I am not. I think I can best serve our nation in my current capacity: building businesses, creating jobs and working to strengthen our economy. It has been my great privilege to serve in the Obama campaign.
"I look forward to helping our new president in every way possible and am excited about the future under his leadership,'' she said.
The senior Obama official also said reports that Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano will be Secretary of Homeland Security are premature.
"I expect Napolitano will end up in the Cabinet. But whether she ends up where the speculation is (has her), I don't know," the official said.
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