Hillary Clinton Says Bill Won't Serve in Her Cabinet

During a visit to Little Castle diner in Paducah, Kentucky, Hillary Clinton was asked twice to expand on what Bill Clinton's role in the White House would be.

Clinton ignored it each time, but when asked if her husband would be in her cabinet, she shook her head and mouthed, "No."

When Clinton first entered the diner, she told the crowded, smoky room that she had already told her husband (who she joked would be the "First Gentleman") that should she win in November, "I expect him to get to work."

Yesterday, at a rally in Covington, Kentucky, the Democratic front-runner said that she plans to put Bill Clinton “in charge of revitalizing the economy.”

"He knows how to do it,” she said, adding, “And especially in places like coal country and inner cities and other parts of our country that have really been left out.”

Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill told reporters today that Clinton hasn't formally decided on what shape Bill's role would take if she were elected president.

"He has a lot of creativity and knowledge to bring to bear particularly when it comes to the economy and she has said many times in the past that when it comes to revitalizing certain regions or certain sectors, she specifically mentioned coal and manufacturing, that she would certainly want his advice and counsel," he said.

He added: "It would be getting ahead of oneself to talk about any sort of formalized role for anyone in your administration, which she has said many times with regard to vice presidential speculation and the like, but I think that her point has been time and again that as I said he has a lot to offer and it would be foolish not to use that in some capacity. It has not gone any further than that."

Earlier this month, Clinton, who has always said she would seek her husband's advice as president, said she would want the former president to "come out of retirement" to play a role in her administration.

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