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It's Official--Sebelius to HHS
Swampland — ... The administration announced late this afternoon that Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius has accepted Obama's nomination to be HHS Secretary. The finalization of her selection comes just in time for Sebelius to participate in the White House summit on health reform early next week. ...

That's Secretary Sebelius
Majikthise — ... Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has accepted Barack Obama's nomination to be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Sebelius to HHS
Political Animal — SEBELIUS TO HHS.... It's official : "Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius yesterday accepted President Obama's request to become his secretary of health and human services, stepping into a central role in the new administration's ambitious effort to overhaul the nation's health-care system." Sebelius will not, however, be stepping into the role envisioned for Tom Daschle. Sebelius, 60, would inherit a sprawling department of 65,000 employees responsible for public health, food safety, scientific research, and the administration of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, which serve 90 ...

Sebelius gets the nod for HHS
The Reaction — By Michael J.W. Stickings I've said it before, I'll say it again: A great pick. WaPo has the details. Make sure to check out Jonathan Cohn's reaction at TNR's The Treatment. Now let's just hope Obama is serious about moving forward with health care reform this year.

3/2: El Rushbo In The Spotlight
Blogometer — March 02, 2009 3/2: El Rushbo In The Spotlight The big topic in the blogosphere this weekend was the 2009 Conservative Political Action Conference ( CPAC ), and specifically Rush Limbaugh 's fiery keynote speech . Conservative bloggers loved Limbaugh's speech, describing it as the "highlight" of the conference and predicting that it "will be talked about for years and even decades." RedState 's Erick Erickson echoed Limbaugh's uncompromising message by urging his readers to sign a pledge that reads: "I want Barack Obama to fail and I want to help ensure he does." Meanwhile, other righty bloggers are hitting RNC Chair Michael ...

Obama Names Abortion Extremist to HHS; Media Silent
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — Back during confirmation hearings in 2001 for former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson Dan Rather reminded Evening News viewers of Thompson's "hardline anti-abortion stand." Eight years later, there's a whitewash of President Barack Obama's HHS' nominee abortion record. As a Democratic governor in red-state Kansas, Kathleen Sebelius has vetoed several bills that would modestly restrict abortion. She supports late-term abortion. She's socialized and taken money from well-known abortion extremists, and she has been unofficially ostracized from the Catholic Church for her stance. But you'd have to go out of your way to learn much about that from ...