The Obama-Biden transition team announced its policy working group leaders on Wednesday. Among the leaders are Daniel Tarullo on economic issues, Carol Browner on energy and the environment, T. Alexander Aleinikoff and Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar on immigration, and James Steinberg and Susan Rice on national security.

DHS: CNN reports Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano will likely be the next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

SENATE: Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) will be named chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the Boston Globe reports.