The Obama transition team's Web site includes the name of Harvard professor, Samantha Power, as one of 14 members of the "Agency Review Team" for the State Department. On March 7 this year, Power was an adviser to Barack Obama's presidential campaign, but was forced to resign earlier after she insulted Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Power was quoted in the Scotsman newspaper saying that Clinton "is a monster, too. She is stooping to anything. . . . The amount of deceit she has put forward is really unattractive." When the comments were published, Power said she made "inexcusable remarks that are at marked variance from my oft-stated admiration for Senator Clinton and from the spirit, tenor, and purpose of the Obama campaign."

Power is now working as part of the transition team reviewing national security agencies. State Department officials said Friday that Power is among a group of foreign policy experts that the president-elect's office selected to help the incoming administration prepare for Clinton's anticipated nomination as Secretary of State.

The State officials - who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak publicly about the transition - said Power has been given an official State Department e-mail address. The officials also added that Power, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and noted commentator on genocide, is dealing with global humanitarian issues as part of the team. However, they are not sure if she is in line for any State Department job.

Though there were no comments forthcoming from Clinton's office on Power's inclusion in the State Department transition, an official close to the Obama transition team said Power had "made a gesture to bury the hatchet" with Clinton, and that it had been well-received.