President Obama plans to nominate Thomas E. Perez, assistant U.S. attorney general for civil rights, to be the next secretary of labor, according to two people in the administration familiar with the decision.
Perez, 51, has strong labor support and served as Maryland Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley’s labor secretary from 2007 until 2009, when he was tapped for the Justice position. Perez, a Takoma Park, Md. resident also served on the Montgomery County Council and was the first Latino ever elected to the council. He has been the key official in Attorney General Eric Holder’s Justice Department handling civil rights cases, the centerpiece of what Holder hopes will be his legacy.
Reached on the telephone Saturday, Perez said: “I can’t really discuss it, I apologize.”
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Does the Obama administration have anyone in his cabinet that is a true American with a true American name?
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ReplyDeleteObama is mot a true American himself.
ReplyDeleteBig Labor always favors big labor.
ReplyDeleteAmerican people need to realize the false flag endeavors of Unions and crush them.
He was a disaster in Clinton's administration, in O'Malley's cabinet, as one of Holder's chief deputies, and will wreak havoc if/when confirmed to this post. 100% zealot.
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