Now that Barack Obama is on his way to be the 44th president of the United States, he’s busy building his support team. One of those team members will be a first for the United States—a chief technology officer (CTO).

There was much talk about Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt becoming the nation’s first CTO, but it looks like that’s not going to happen. Schmidt said that he loves his role at Google so much that even if Obama asked, he would decline.

Whoever joins Obama’s team as CTO will certainly have his or her job cut out for them. The media is always up in arms about electronic attacks on the United States from overseas. Hackers, crackers, and viruses. The war goes on.

Check out Schmidt’s response here.