Word: sebelius
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...those of 2004 Democratic nominee John Kerry (along with many of his biggest fund raisers) and Vermont's Pat Leahy. Obama also counts among his growing list of supporters Senators such as Tim Johnson, Kent Conrad, Ben Nelson and Claire McCaskill, as well as governors Janet Napolitano and Kathleen Sebelius, who hail from red states where Democrats openly worry about what could happen to the rest of the ticket if Hillary Clinton is perched...
Those informal agreements are paving the way for official policies, particularly as more women move into protocol-setting positions. While working as the executive director of her state?s trial lawyer?s association earlier in her career, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius took her two infant sons to the office and has been an advocate for workplace parenting ever since. Today, 21 state agencies in Kansas allow parenting in the office. "We live in a society where too many people make workers choose--do you want to be a good parent, or do you want to be a good worker?" says...
...original version of this story incorrectly stated that Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius worked as an attorney early in her career. In fact, Governor Sebelius served as the executive director of the Kansas Trial Lawyer?s Association, but was not an attorney herself...
...somehow, this scene had a familiar feeling to it. Echoes of Katrina clanged like fire bells. Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, a Democrat, charged that the emergency response was slow because the National Guard is overextended by Iraq. Supplies of heavy equipment are down to 40% in Kansas, she said--equipment needed for disasters at home. "If you don't request" new equipment, White House spokesman Tony Snow fired back, "you're not going to get it." Then it turned out that Sebelius had raised the issue repeatedly since 2005--even in one long conversation with Bush himself...
...after being named Leader of the Year by the Harvard College Democrats, Kan. Gov. Kathleen Sebelius packed the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum as she delivered a speech on the importance of national unity. A mostly female audience watched as she traded compliments with her political colleague, Jeanne Shaheen, the director of the Institute of Politics (IOP) and a former Governor of New Hampshire. Citing the unity the country experienced in the wake of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, Sebelius called for a less individualistic society. “Today we live in what many call an ownership society. In actuality...