![FILE PHOTO: (L-R) U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, Deputy National Security Advisor Tony Blinken, National Security Advisor Susan Rice and Secretary of State John Kerry listen as President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki address reporters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, November 1, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/OZE7UEZ4WAMEC7NYQK6BL2R56Y.jpg?smart=true&auth=f7641d8dcdc789c63ffe010b29bda80b0c9df83af91b6251e33b5cccaeb6d2a5&width=400&height=225)
Joe Biden, Tony Blinken, Susan Rice and John Kerry in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, November 1, 2013. Reuters/File photo
Joe Biden, Tony Blinken, Susan Rice and John Kerry in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, November 1, 2013. Reuters/File photo
The six names leading Joe Biden’s list to become US Secretary of State
Former national security adviser and ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, is seen as a front runner