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Senate OKs several Obama nominees, Holder faces more grilling
By MinnPost staff | Published Fri, Jan 23 2009 9:40 am
On Thursday, senators confirmed the following for Obama posts: former Illinois Rep. Ray Lahood as secretary of transportation, New York City housing commissioner Shaun Donovan as secretary of transportation, Lisa Perez Jackson as Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Nancy Helen Sutley as a member of the Council of Environmental Quality, Mary Schapiro as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Susan Rice as ambassador to the United Nations. Laurie Kellman at AP has more on recent confirmations.
Transition | Fri, Jan 23 2009 9:40 am |
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