article_snippet.sent: The former secretary of state.
article_snippet.sent: Only a handful of the nation's top diplomats have gone to the White House (Thomas Jefferson; James Madison; James Monroe; John Quincy Adams; Martin Van Buren; and Buchanan).
article_snippet.sent: Too few of our secretaries of state have had the necessary experience of elected office or the desire, ambition and temperament to compete for the top job.
article_snippet.sent: The last president to serve in a top job in the administration of his immediate predecessor was George H.W. Bush.  
article_snippet.sent: Far from wanting to distance himself from Reagan, George H.W. Bush 41 saw merit in reinforcing the association with a president who dominated himself day in a way few chief executives have.
highlights_snippet.sent: The former secretary of state has to decide whether The former secretary of state's going to differ with Barack Obama's handling of foreign policy .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The former secretary of state says The former secretary of state experience overseas could be an asset as long as The former secretary of state doesn't get ensnared by controversy over Barack Obama's policies .