Top Candidates For State Dept. Are Both Facing Possible Hurdles.

The article focuses on U.S. Senator John Kerry Susan E. Rice, the American ambassador to the United Nations, who are the candidates for U.S. State Secretary. It says that Rice would face resistance on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., where she has come under criticism from Republicans because of her assertion on the attack in Benghazi, Libya. Diplomat Aaron David Miller asks whether U.S. President Barack Obama wants to launch a fight with the U.S. Congress over his choice of secretary of state.