Obama Nominates Thomas Perez as Labor Secretary

President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with Thomas Perez as his nominee to be the new Secretary of Labor at an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on March 18, 2013. Perez is the present U.S. assistant attorney general heading the Justice Department's civil rights division, and if confirmed will take the position recently held by Hilda Solis, who resigned in January. UPI/Pat Benic