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Wed Jan 9, 2013, 05:30 PM Jan 2013

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis tells colleagues she is resigning

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis tells colleagues she is resigning from Obama administration

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis tells colleagues she is resigning from Obama administration.
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Labor-Secretary-Hilda-Solis-tells-colleagues-she-4180379.php


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In an email message, Solis says she submitted her resignation letter to President Barack Obama on Wednesday afternoon. She says she made the decision to leave after discussing it with her family and close friends.

Solis has won praise from labor unions for aggressive enforcement of wage and hour laws and job safety regulations. But business groups have criticized her as not taking a more cooperative approach.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/labor-secretary-tells-colleagues-she-213027830.html;_ylt=A2KJ3Cb64e1Q9kQA9yrQtDMD


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Hilda Solis has been a tireless champion for working families," President Barack Obama said in a statement. "Over the last four years, Secretary Solis has been a critical member of my economic team as we have worked to recover from the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression and strengthen the economy for the middle class."

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/labor-secretary-hilda-solis-resigns-85970.html?hp=bn

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