Clinton's Name Floated as Potential Secretary of Defense

In a piece in Politico, Laura Rozen reports that some of Hillary Clinton's allies are suggesting that she can be Secretary of Defense after Robert Gates:

Gates, who has long signaled an eagerness to retire, just launched what appears to be his final initiative, a tough push to scale back the Pentagon’s gargantuan bureaucracy. Clinton, with her hawkish image and ties to Gates and to military brass, would be his most logical successor — and some of her most senior allies have begun quietly to float the notion.