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A boy cries as he recuperates after surgery during "Operation Smile" at a hospital in Manila's Makati financial district October 26, 2009. Operation Smile aim to provide free surgery for about a hundred children inflicted with cleft lips, cleft palates, and other facial deformities over a period of five days in Makati.  REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo

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    Obama picks Daschle as health secretary: Democrats

    CHICAGO
    Wed Nov 19, 2008 1:25pm EST

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has selected former U.S. senator Tom Daschle to become secretary of health and human services, two Democratic officials said.

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    Daschle, a former senator majority leader, has accepted the job, they said.

    (Reporting by Caren Bohan and Jeff Mason, Editing by Sandra Maler)



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