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Report: Daschle to Head Health and Human Services Dept.
News —
... Former Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle (S.D.) is President-elect Barack Obama's choice to serve as Health and Human Services Secretary, according to CNN . CNN said it learned about the choice from three sources close to Obama's transition team. Daschle was an early supporter of Obama's presidential bid. His former Senate chief of staff, Pete Rouse, became as Obama's chief of staff when Obama joined the Senate in 2005. Rouse will also serve in Obama's White House. As head of the Health and Human Services Department, Daschle will have a key role in crafting Obama's ...
Daschle to head HHS?
Political Animal —
DASCHLE TO HEAD HHS?.... Even before the election, drafts of what an Obama cabinet might look like had former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle taking the lead at HHS. If the reports today are accurate, that's exactly what's going to happen . Three sources close to the transition and in a position to know tell CNN that former Sen. Tom Daschle is President-elect Barack Obama's choice to be Secretary of Health and Human Services and the former Senate Majority Leader has indicated he wants the job. Most significantly, Daschle negotiated that he will also serve as the White ...
jesus was a carpenter but obama builds cabinets
skippy the bush kangaroo —
... also of note: mrs. daschle is a lobbyist, for baker donelson which has some health care clients. change, anyone? one good thing about holder's nomination, is that, having been #2 under janet reno (get your minds out of the gutter, now!) he knows the justice department and how it works already. and one good thing about tom daschle as health and human services secretary is...uh...well...he gets free aspirin. we guess that's good.
Hey Obama, Where Are the Women?
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
We never expected Obama to keep up with Spain by nominating a majority female cabinet, but we did hope he would keep up with Bill Clinton. President Clinton set the record for the nation's all time high in the number of women cabinet members and cabinet-level appointees. With Obama's choices of Tom Daschle for Secretary of Health and Human Services and Eric Holder for Attorney General, it appears that Obama may not even be able to keep up with George W. Bush's 2nd best record. ...
Obama taps Senate heavyweight for cabinet
the talking dog —
... No, not... her . When it comes to the real choices , and not those touted by Team Clinton to keep itself relevant and pushed by the media trying to keep hopping in a naturally slow post-election news month, the real announcements from Team Obama are made in a grown-up, non-dysfunctional, and non-drama-queen way. And so it is with the Secretary of Health and Human Services designate, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle . Not dissimilar to his earlier ...
Daschle to HHS
Overlawyered —
... South Dakota Senator Tom Daschle, reported as Obama’s HHS pick and indeed a “health czar” charged with pushing comprehensive health care reform through Congress, was known as a particularly close ally of the trial lawyers as Majority Leader, and drew on them as his most important donors in his final (2004) race. In 2004 he won an award from the New York Trial Lawyers Association for his work in blocking liability reform at the national level. (CNN, Patterico, American Prospect)
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