Senate Health Committee holds confirmation hearing for Daschle
Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-SD, nominated by Presidential-elect Barack Obama to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, arrives at his first confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on January 8, 2009. From left are Sen. Michael Enzi, R-WY, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-MA, Daschle, and Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-CT. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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