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Shinseki, 2 other cabinet members, staying for second term

By Ken Thomas

Associated Press

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LAST UPDATED: 02:19 p.m. HST, Jan 09, 2013

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
In this Dec. 18, 2011, file photo, retired Army Gen. Eric Shinseki, secretary of veteran affairs and a native of Kauai, gives the keynote speech at a lunch.

WASHINGTON » A White House official says Attorney General Eric Holder and the secretaries of Health and Human Services and Veterans Affairs will remain with the Obama administration as it enters a second term.

The official said Holder, who leads the Justice Department, and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and VA Secretary Eric Shinseki will remain with the administration amid changes to the Cabinet as President Barack Obama moves into his second term.

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis submitted her resignation.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss personnel changes, said the three remaining officials were not an exhaustive list of which Cabinet members intended to stay.

Obama has received some criticism that his initial Cabinet choices for the State Department and Defense Department do not reflect the nation's diversity.






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Skyler wrote:
I don't know why Holder is staying - he's not the brightest bulb on the tree...
on January 9,2013 | 01:33PM
Mythman wrote:
Ge. Shinseki has been the best VA leader - the problem is finding good people to work for the V A.
on January 9,2013 | 02:08PM
kauailawyer wrote:
He should head the Department of Defense.
on January 9,2013 | 02:16PM
false wrote:
Too bad Kauai's Eric Shinseki didn't run for U.S.senator. Schatz? Who dat?
on January 9,2013 | 03:43PM
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