Secretary Sebelius and Ambassador Hill

The Senate has been busy with confirmation hearings and votes on President Obama's nominees. Two important nominees have been confirmed by the Senate. Yesterday they confirmed Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as the Secretary of Health and Human Services. This confirmation now completes the President's cabinet;

Sebelius, a former insurance commissioner, will lead Obama's push to enact by the end of this year an overhaul of the $2.5 trillion U.S. healthcare industry, one of the main political goals of his administration.

Also last week the Senate approved the President's nominee for Ambassador to Iraq, Christopher Hill;

The Senate on Tuesday easily confirmed the nomination of Christopher Hill as the next U.S. ambassador to Iraq, brushing aside strong opposition from 2008 GOP presidential nominee John McCain.

Senators voted 73-23 to confirm Hill, a day after approval of a key process vote, by a similar margin, had made it clear that Hill had widespread support in the Senate. Nevertheless, Republicans Sam Brownback of Kansas and McCain had blocked the chamber from short-cutting the process.

Sen. Kerry was a strong advocate for Ambassador Hill throughout the process;

“He is one of the best diplomats we have in our country,” Kerry said of Hill. “Despite the significant security improvements, Iraq remains in a precarious state, and we need our ambassador on the ground immediately.”

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It's nice that after 99 days that the Republicans have finally allowed the President to complete his cabinet and assign his choice of an ambassador. Perhaps the situation in Iraq and the potential of a flu pandemic are no big concerns with the GOP?

Nothing seems to be a big concern with Republicans until it becomes a crisis.

That's really an irresponsible way to govern and an indication that they don't know how to lead a country...even with Bush/Cheney gone. Some conservatives just don't seem to have learned a thing from the mistakes made by their leadership in the past.

Those that procrastinate never accomplish anything.

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SandyH on April 29, 2009 at 02:43 PM

Finally we have a HHS head - no thx to the right wing nut GOP, party of the drug boss limbaugh, party of ZERO, party of NO.

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rjsnj on April 30, 2009 at 07:10 AM

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