Kathleen Sebelius
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Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebeliusis an American politician who served as the 21st United States Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2009 until 2014. Previously, she was Governor of Kansas from 2003 to 2009, the second woman to hold that office. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Sebelius was the Democratic respondent to the 2008 State of the Union address and is chair-emerita of the Democratic Governors Association. On April 10, 2014, Sebelius announced her resignation as Secretary of Health...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 May 1948
CityCincinnati, OH
CountryUnited States of America
A healthy state encourages many voices - and lots of listening
But wishing our Kansas soldiers 'God speed' is not enough. We need to comfort, care for, and protect their families. And we should ease the financial burdens that these families often face
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I was governor of Kansas when Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts.
I've spent my career fighting the worst practices of insurance companies.