Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius who was an early Obama supporter is apparently President Obama’s top pick now for Secretary of health and human services. If Sebelius is nominated she brings “eight years of experience as her state’s insurance commissioner as well as six years as a governor running a state Medicaid program.”
The NY Times reports, [...]
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As Stuart has noted in the post below, Tom Daschle has withdrawn from consideration as the nominee for for Secretary of Health and Human Services. Daschle’s full statement on his withdrawal is here.
I’m a little torn about all of this, it seems we’re having a spell of nominations with issues, to say the least. I [...]
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From the Talking Points Memo (TPM):
Tom Daschle, former Majority leader of the House, has withdrawn his nomination to be Health and Human Services secretary. That’s according to a joint White House statement from President Barack Obama and his former nominee.
Obama said Tuesday he accepted the withdrawal “with sadness and regret.” Daschle has been battling for [...]
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Hillary Clinton took on the Bush Administration’s plan to define birth control as abortion and undermine women’s rights, today in a press conference and the blogosphere. Here’s a clip from the press conference:
In a blog post cross posted on the HuffPo and RhRealityCheck, Clinton said:
The Bush administration is up to its old tricks again, quietly [...]
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