Washington, Oct 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Former first Lady and the presidential candidate who lost to Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton pledged she would never run again for the White House.

“No,” replied the Secretary of State with a laugh when asked whether she will ever again seek the presidency during an interview that aired on NBC’s “Today” show Monday.

“This is a great job. It is a 24/7 job. And I’m looking forward to retirement at some point,” Clinton, 61, said.

Clinton, who lost her bid for the Democratic nomination last year, also denied she still wishes she’s the one making the final decisions instead of President Obama. She is the Secretary of State for Obama’s administration.

“I have to tell you, it never crosses my mind,” Clinton said.

“Never?” NBC’s Ann Curry asked again.

“No, not at all,” Clinton said. “I am part of the team that makes the decisions.”

“As President Obama’s poll numbers continue to decline steadily, Hillary Clinton is not unaware of the potential which rests within this developing scene,” Brian Mark Weber, professor of U.S. history at American Military University, wrote in August, mulling the possibility of a Clinton bid in 2012 in the event Obama’s first term is deemed a “failure.”

Clinton also described as “absurd” the allegation that she was being marginalized in the Obama administration.

“I believe in delegating power,” she said. “I’m not one of these people who feels like I have to have my face in the front of the newspaper or on the TV in every moment of the day.

“I would be irresponsible and negligent were I to say, ‘Oh no, everything must come to me,’ ” she said. “Now, maybe that is a woman’s thing. Maybe I’m totally secure and feel absolutely no need to go running around in order for people to see what I’m doing. It’s just the way I am.”