U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on Wednesday rejected a suggestion that he should serve as the next secretary of state.
In a Tuesday New York Times column, Thomas Friedman argued for Duncan's appointment as the best candidate to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in President Barack Obama's second term. Friedman laid out Duncan's virtues of negotiating skills, mediation and expertise in education as key characteristics for his potential success in the role.
But when asked about the suggestion during an address to the Foundation for Excellence in Education conference in Washington, D.C., Duncan flatly rejected the idea, joking that his odds of becoming an exotic dancer are higher than those of becoming secretary of state.
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