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Obama Taps Sebelius for Top Health Post

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Posted on Mar 2, 2009
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Let’s try this again, shall we? Tom Daschle didn’t make the cut, but President Obama has a new contender for secretary of health and human services. Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, who may be vulnerable to attacks on the abortion issue, faces a potentially challenging confirmation process.

CNN:

The congressional showdown over Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ nomination to President Obama’s Cabinet may focus less on her qualifications than on the issue of abortion, analysts said.

Obama on Monday nominated Sebelius to head the Department of Health and Human Services. Cabinet nominations require Senate confirmation, and anti-abortion groups already are making their views known.

Analysts suspected that Obama would face a battle over abortion if and when he makes a nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, but religious conservatives could use Sebelius as a warm-up for the seemingly inevitable fight.

Calling Sebelius an “enemy of the unborn,” Catholic League President Bill Donohue said the Kansas governor’s nomination is particularly disturbing because the health and human services secretary is one of the few members of the administration who can directly affect abortion policy.

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By Jean Barbancourt, March 3 at 1:00 pm #
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Calling Sebelius an “enemy of the unborn,” Catholic League President Bill Donohue said the Kansas governor’s nomination is particularly disturbing because the health and human services secretary is one of the few members of the administration who can directly affect abortion policy.

That’s an aberration from Donohue. He should be more concern about the more tha 45 M Americans with no health care cover, and leave women to decide what to do with our pregnancy.

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By Tommy, March 3 at 12:47 pm #
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More party slime. I’m still waiting for all this change the kool-aid drinkers have been promising…..

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By Mark, March 2 at 7:33 pm #
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What qualifications does Gov. Sibelius possess to help reform healthcare in the U.S.? I’m not being coy. I’d like to know.

By the way, on decidedly minor note, in my opinion the Catholic League hates her because they consider her a bad Catholic for divorcing her religion from her governmental duties. The nerve of that woman, trying to separate church and state.

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