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...virus continued its gradual global march on Tuesday, prompting countries to strengthen efforts to stem its spread, while President Barack Obama asked Congress for $1.5 billion in supplementary spending to prepare for a possible swine-flu pandemic and installed the newly confirmed Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, to help lead the fight against the disease. In the U.S., the caseload rose to 67 across five states - 45 of them in New York City, where health officials are investigating two new possible outbreaks at city schools - with more virus samples awaiting laboratory confirmation. New Zealand and Israel confirmed...
...according to Edward K. Sebelius, the Governor’s son and a Kennedy School student who will graduate this year, the speech is unlikely to be partisan in nature...
Robert J. Blendon, a professor of health policy and political analysis, also commended Sebelius’s bipartisan reputation. He said that he and many of his health policy students felt Sebelius was an excellent speaker choice and looked forward to hearing about her policy suggestions as well as her experience in public service...
...Kennedy School typically asks its commencement speakers to discuss the value of a career in public service, according to Joseph J. McCarthy, the director of degree programs. He speculated that Sebelius may have been selected in part because of her connection to the Department of Health and Human Services, an area in which Kennedy School Dean David T. Ellwood ’75 served during the Clinton administration. McCarthy added that Sebelius’ policy interests coincide with many hot topics at the Kennedy School, such as education policy and health care...
...Edward Sebelius said he hopes his peers will find his mother’s speech worthwhile...