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Michael Okerlund Leavitt (born February 11, 1951) is an American politician who served as the 20th United States secretary of health and human services from 2005 to 2009 and the 10th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from 2003 to 2005.
The United States secretary of health and human services is the head of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all health matters. The secretary is a member of the United States Cabinet. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the current secretary of health and ...
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma v. Leavitt, 543 U.S. 631 (2005), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a contract with the Federal Government to reimburse the tribe for health care costs was binding, despite the failure of Congress to appropriate funds for those costs.
Health. Health. Fitness. ... Michael Lee. February 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM ... from your party’s own beloved leaders," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a post on X Sunday while ...
New White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt urged members of Congress to confirm Trump's nominees to address problems like the U.S. egg shortage and the cost of living crisis.
On October 1, 2008, Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, declared a need "to provide targeted liability protections for anthrax countermeasures" because "I have determined there is a credible risk that the threat of exposure of B. anthracis and the resulting disease constitutes a public health emergency" until the year ...
Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday drew ridicule and ire after she boldly declared during her first briefing as the new Trump White House press secretary: “This administration believes that birthright ...
Thompson announced his resignation from HHS on December 3, 2004, [61] and served until January 26, 2005, when the Senate confirmed his successor, Michael O. Leavitt. While Secretary, he launched initiatives to increase funding for the National Institutes of Health, [61] reorganize the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to encourage ...