Obama denies appointing too many insiders from Clinton administration

PRESIDENT-ELECT Barack Obama has denied he is bringing too many Washington insiders of the Clinton era into his administration.

Obama, who has vowed to bring change to America for the past two years, has appointed several well-established Washington figures over the past two weeks as he forms his so-called team of rivals and is widely expected to name more in the near future.

But, as he held his third press conference in three days in Chicago, he denied allegations that so many old names would prevent him bringing about the change he has promised.