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President Obama after signing a memorandum on the establishment ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:19:58 GMT

(Reuters) - President Obama after signing a memorandum on the establishment of a childhood obesity task force in the Oval Office, February 9, 2010. From L-R are: U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of HHS Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, and U.S. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar. REUTERS/Larry Downing

U.S. President Barack Obama after signing a memorandum on the ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:03:20 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama after signing a memorandum on the establishment of a childhood obesity task force in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, February 9, 2010. From L-R are: U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of HHS Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, and U.S. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

President Barack Obama prepares to get up from his desk before ...

(AP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:43:22 GMT

(AP) - President Barack Obama prepares to get up from his desk before walking away after signing a memorandum on childhood obesity, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the Oval Office of the White House,Washington. Standing, from left are, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Health and Human Secretary Services Kathleen Sebelius, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, first lady Michelle Obama, and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

President Barack Obama smiles after signing a memorandum on ...

(AP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:36:52 GMT

(AP) - President Barack Obama smiles after signing a memorandum on childhood obesity, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the Oval Office of the White House,Washington. Standing, from left are, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, first lady Michelle Obama, and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

President Barack Obama signs a memorandum on childhood obesity, ...

(AP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:33:30 GMT

(AP) - President Barack Obama signs a memorandum on childhood obesity, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the Oval Office of the White House,Washington. Standing, from left are, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, first lady Michelle Obama, and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:53:23 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, seen here in January 2010, called on Monday on a health insurance company to publicly explain why it raised premiums for some customers by 39 percent.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2010 file photo, Health and Human Services ...

(AP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:58:18 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2010 file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. In a letter to the president of Anthem Blue Cross, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, she was very disturbed to learn of the planned increases, calling them 'extraordinary.' She said they were hard to understand in light of the profitability of Anthem's parent company, WellPoint Inc.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Cenetafile)

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies ...

(AP) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:35:17 GMT

(AP) - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, before the House Committee Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the HHS fiscal 2011 budget. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies ...

(AP) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:35:10 GMT

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies ...

(AP) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:34:09 GMT

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, center, ...

(AP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:22:49 GMT

(AP) - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, center, shakes hands with Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., left, as Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., right, watches before the start of a hearing on the FY2011 budget in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Senate ...

(AP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:22:29 GMT

(AP) - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., are seen before the start of a hearing on the FY2011 budget in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies ...

(AP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:22:19 GMT

(AP) - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on the FY2011 budget before the Senate Finance Committee in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies ...

(AP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:09:54 GMT

(AP) - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the HHS's fiscal 2011 budget. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies ...

(AP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:09:35 GMT

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies ...

(AP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:09:33 GMT

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies ...

(AP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:08:19 GMT

US First Lady Michelle Obama (R) speaks alongside Health and ...

(AFP) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:54:35 GMT

(AFP) - US First Lady Michelle Obama (R) speaks alongside Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (L) on childhood obesity, and steps that families, schools and communities can to fight it, during a meeting with Cabinet and Congressional members in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC.(AFP/Saul Loeb)

Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., second from left, gestures outside ...

(AP) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:03:17 GMT

(AP) - Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., second from left, gestures outside the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2,2010, following a meeting between Cabinet, Congressional members and first lady Michelle Obama to discuss childhood obesity. From left are, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, Miller, Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and Education Secretary Arne Duncan. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman ...

(AP) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:44:00 GMT

(AP) - Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, second from left, talks to reporters outside the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb.. 2, 2010, following a meeting between Cabinet, Congressional members and first lady Michelle Obama to discuss the epidemic of childhood obesity. From left are, Rep. George Miller, D-Calif;, Harkin, Sen. Agriculture Committee Chair Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and Education Secretary Arne Duncan. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (C) talks about childhood obesity ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:41:57 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (C) talks about childhood obesity in the Old Family Dining Room at the White House in Washington, February 2, 2010. (L-R) Secretary of HHS Kathleen Sebelius, Obama, and U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama talks about childhood obesity ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:39:52 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. first lady Michelle Obama talks about childhood obesity in the Old Family Dining Room at the White House in Washington, February 2, 2010. (L-R) Secretary of HHS Kathleen Sebelius, Obama, and U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

First Lady Michelle Obama, seated with Health and Human Services ...

(AP) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:02:13 GMT

(AP) - First Lady Michelle Obama, seated with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, meets with Cabinet and Congressional members, at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, regarding childhood obesity policy ahead of an announcement of a national campaign to address the epidemic of childhood obesity. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

First Lady Michelle Obama sits with Senate Health, Education, ...

(AP) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:55:20 GMT

(AP) - First Lady Michelle Obama sits with Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, right, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, as she meets with Cabinet and Congressional members, at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, regarding childhood obesity policy ahead of an announcement of a national campaign to address the epidemic of childhood obesity. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Health and Human Services Sec. Kathleen Sebelius, left, and ...

(AP) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:46:11 GMT

(AP) - Health and Human Services Sec. Kathleen Sebelius, left, and Defense Sec. Robert Gates are greeted during a reception of the Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas Friday, Jan. 29, 2010, in Topeka, Kan. Gates is to receive Kansan of the Year honors from the group. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks ...

(AP) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:08:59 GMT

(AP) - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks about childhood obesity, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010, at the YMCA in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

In this photograph taken by AP Images for Centers for Medicare ...

(AP) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:03:00 GMT

(AP) - In this photograph taken by AP Images for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Eric Holder discuss the importance of preventing health care fraud at the first National Summit on Health Care Fraud, January 28, 2010 in Bethesda, Maryland. The summit was jointly sponsored by The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Justice. (Jose Luis Magana/AP Images for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)

In this photograph taken by AP Images for Centers for Medicare ...

(AP) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:53:24 GMT

From foreground, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen ...

(AP) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:56:13 GMT

(AP) - From foreground, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Attorney General Eric Holder, and others, walks down the stairs of Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010, after they and President Obama, arrived from Wilmington, Del. where they attended the funeral for Vice President Joe Biden's mother Jean Biden. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, right, followed by Health ...

(AP) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:19:46 GMT

(AP) - Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, right, followed by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, walks from Air Force One to a waiting vehicle, Tuesday Jan. 12, 2010 at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. They had arrived with President Obama after attending the funeral for Vice President Joe Biden's mother Jean Biden, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

From left, Attorney General Eric Holder, Treasury Secretary ...

(AP) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:27:35 GMT

(AP) - From left, Attorney General Eric Holder, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, former President Bill Clinton, and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke,and others, attend the funeral of Jean Biden, mother of Vice President Joe Biden, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010, at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, right, is sworn-in by Health ...

(AP) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:26:09 GMT

(AP) - Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, right, is sworn-in by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, left, during a ceremonial swearing-in Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, in Washington. Holding the Bible are Louis Sullivan, third left, and former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman, obscured second left, and seated from third right to right, are Benjamin's aunts Melvin King, Leanna Alphonse, and longtime nurse Audrey Stoddard. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, left, is congratulated by Health ...

(AP) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:01:34 GMT

(AP) - Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, left, is congratulated by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius after being sworn-in during a ceremonial swearing-in ceremony in Washington, Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, right, is sworn-in by Health ...

(AP) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:49:52 GMT

(AP) - Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, right, is sworn-in by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, left, Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, during a ceremonial swearing-in ceremony in Washington. Holding the Bible are former Health and Human Service Secretary Louis Sullivan, second from right, and former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman, obscured. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

In this photo taken Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010, Health and Human ...

(AP) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:53:49 GMT

(AP) - In this photo taken Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks to the congregation at the 19th Street Baptist Church in Washington to encourage them and all Americans to get the H1N1 flu vaccine and to kick of National Influenza Vaccination Week. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks ...

(AP) — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:08:04 GMT

(AP) - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks to the congregation gathered at the 19th Street Baptist Church Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010, in Washington to encourage congregants and all Americans to get the H1N1 flu vaccine and to kick of National Influenza Vaccination Week. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks ...

(AP) — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:52:03 GMT

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sings ...

(AP) — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:49:04 GMT

(AP) - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sings during church services at 19th Street Baptist on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010 in Washington. Sebelius visited the church to encourage congregants and all Americans to get the H1N1 flu vaccine and to kick of National Influenza Vaccination Week. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

In this April 29, 2009 photo, newly-confirmed Health and Human ...

(AP) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:43:29 GMT

(AP) - In this April 29, 2009 photo, newly-confirmed Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, right, joins Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, left, at a briefing on government response to the swine flu, at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, left, and ...

(AP) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:35:51 GMT

(AP) - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, left, and Gov. Kathleen Sebelius speak during a news conference at Kansas State University's Biosecurity Research Institute in Manhattan, Kan., in this Feb. 10, 2009 photo. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

In this file photo, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, ...

(AP) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:34:22 GMT

(AP) - In this file photo, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, right, and Mayor Bob Dixon, left, take a walking tour of Greensburg, Kan., Feb. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

In this file photo, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius prepares for ...

(AP) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:54:48 GMT

(AP) - In this file photo, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius prepares for the Democrat response to the State of the Union at Cedar Crest, the Kansas Governors' mansion, in Topeka, Kan., Jan. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

In this file photo, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions ...

(AP) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:52:13 GMT

(AP) - In this file photo, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., talks with Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 31, 2009, prior to the start of her confirmation hearing before the committee. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies ...

(AP) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:50:26 GMT

(AP) - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 6, 2009, before a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on health care reform. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, right, and her husband Gary, ...

(AP) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:39:44 GMT

(AP) - Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, right, and her husband Gary, left, arrive at the White House to attend a dinner hosted by President Barack Obama, in this Feb. 22, 2009 photo. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius speaks at the Democratic National ...

(AP) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:37:54 GMT

(AP) - Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Aug. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

President Barack Obama looks on as Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius ...

(AP) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:36:50 GMT

(AP) - President Barack Obama looks on as Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 2, 2009, after he nominated her for Health & Human Services Secretary. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

In this Jan. 12, 2009 file photo, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, ...

(AP) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:34:37 GMT

(AP) - In this Jan. 12, 2009 file photo, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, flanked by House Speaker, Mike O'Neal, left, and Senate President Steve Morris, delivers her State of the State address in the statehouse in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

In this file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen ...

(AP) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:30:01 GMT

(AP) - In this file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is sworn in by Tim Saunders, Executive Clerk of the White House, as President Barack Obama holds the Bible in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, April 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)