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• Pres. Obama Announces New Labor Secretary  Monday, 18 Mar 2013 | 11:52 AM ET

  

  President Obama nominated Thomas Perez as the new Labor Secretary at a press conference held at the White House this morning. The President urged Congress to confirm his nomination quickly. CNBC's John Harwood reports on the somewhat controversial nomination.

• Thomas Perez likely pick for U.S. labor secretary Saturday, 9 Mar 2013 | 4:26 PM ET

  WASHINGTON, March 9- President Barack Obama is likely to choose Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez to be the next secretary of labor, a source familiar with the matter said on Saturday.

• FACTBOX-Obama's second-term Cabinet takes shape Friday, 25 Jan 2013 | 8:33 PM ET

  Following is a list of nominations thus far along with some Cabinet members who the White House has confirmed are staying on, and some important positions that are vacant or may soon become vacant.

• UPDATE 6-US Interior chief Salazar to step down; Obama remakes energy team Wednesday, 16 Jan 2013 | 2:54 PM ET

  Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who helped lead the government's response to the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, said on Wednesday he will leave his post by the end of March to return to his Colorado ranch.

• UPDATE 5-US Interior chief to step down as Obama remakes energy team Wednesday, 16 Jan 2013 | 11:50 AM ET

  *Led the government's response to BP oil spill. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who helped lead the government's response to the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, said on Wednesday he is stepping down from his post by the end of March to return to his ranch in Colorado.

• UPDATE 3-U.S. Interior Secretary Salazar plans to step down Wednesday, 16 Jan 2013 | 9:54 AM ET

  *Led the government's response to BP oil spill. The former U.S. senator from Colorado came to office pledging to clean up the "mess" at the Interior Department, but it was the massive 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that ultimately spurred the dramatic overhaul of the nation's offshore drilling regulator.

• UPDATE 2-Latina pioneer Solis resigning as US labor secretary Wednesday, 9 Jan 2013 | 6:07 PM ET

  WASHINGTON, Jan 9- Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, the first Latina to head a major U.S. federal agency, announced plans to resign on Wednesday, just as President Barack Obama faces questions about a lack of women in his second-term leadership team.

• UPDATE 1-Solis resigning as US labor secretary, Holder to remain Wednesday, 9 Jan 2013 | 5:07 PM ET

  Her departure comes as the White House faces questions about why the president so far has not nominated any women for the vacancies he has had to fill for his second-term Cabinet. A White House official said three Cabinet members plan to remain as Obama begins his second term.

• U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis is resigning-White House Wednesday, 9 Jan 2013 | 4:33 PM ET

  Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, a long-time member of President Barack Obama's Cabinet and the first Latina to head a major federal agency, announced plans to resign on Wednesday. At the same time, a White House official said three Cabinet members planned to remain as Obama begins his second term.

• White House Reacts to Jobs Report  Friday, 4 Jan 2013 | 9:39 AM ET

  

  Hilda Solis, U.S. Secretary of Labor, discusses the nations employment picture and what it indicates about the health of the U.S. economy.

• UPDATE 1-U.S. government report faults Bahrain 2011 labor crackdown Thursday, 20 Dec 2012 | 3:28 PM ET

  WASHINGTON, Dec 20- Bahrain appears to have violated commitments it made to the United States to protect workers rights in its response to a March 2011 general strike at the time of the Arab Spring, the U.S. Labor Department said in a report on Thursday.