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are serious and cover the economy and health care with secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius doing many of the videos, but there are some fun ones, to like questions for astronaut sally ride. you can post these on your blog because they're all public domain. there are some critics who complain that this is just not enough. with all this information that the government is making available, who is actually reviewing it? well, one site is ellen miller's sunlight foundation and its sunlight labs, founded in 2006 with the mission of using the revolutionary power of the internet to make government information more meaningful and accessible to citizens like revealing the connections between lawmakers and health care organizations. instead of writing an article about the chummy relationship, they actually create an easy-to-understand graphic map that connects all these players together. it's a great way to visualize the senate-lobbying complex. click on sunlight labs to get their labs. in their apps for america contest, it harnessed the community to create tools using government data
are serious and cover the economy and health care with secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius doing many of the videos, but there are some fun ones, to like questions for astronaut sally ride. you can post these on your blog because they're all public domain. there are some critics who complain that this is just not enough. with all this information that the government is making available, who is actually reviewing it? well, one site is ellen miller's sunlight foundation and...
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i am now going to turn this mic over to secretary kathleen sebelius and because of her work and her leadership in her drive, and i know her well and i've worked with her closely for several years so i can tell you she is a great leader and there is a lot of drive. because of that work we are here today so i want to thank her for that and she is now going to give you a better sense of the work that is now a part of our national hiv/aids strategy and to tell you the ways we are going to be able to work together so i welcome secretary kathleen sebelius. thank you. [applause] >> thank you melody, not only for the nice introduction but melody has provided as the head of the domestic policy council, an enormous important strategic focus to this effort, and also some real personal passion. this was not something that was going to drop by the wayside with melody's help and support. she has played an enormously important role, but so have the other two genemen on the stage with me today. jeff crowley who is the director of the office of national aids policy you will hear from and also dr. howard koh wh
i am now going to turn this mic over to secretary kathleen sebelius and because of her work and her leadership in her drive, and i know her well and i've worked with her closely for several years so i can tell you she is a great leader and there is a lot of drive. because of that work we are here today so i want to thank her for that and she is now going to give you a better sense of the work that is now a part of our national hiv/aids strategy and to tell you the ways we are going to be able...
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health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius aimed to emphasize the urgency. >> we refuse to accept a steal mate, to dig in and just hold the disease at bay. we want to be moving forward. we want to see infections going down once again. access to care increasing, and awareness expanding. the strategy we're releasing today is not an end of our work. it's just the beginning. >> sreenivasan: a uniteded nations report on aids in africa found >> sreenivasan: a united nations report on aids in africa found the number of young people infected with the h.i.v. virus there is falling. it dropped by at least 25% in a dozen countries. the decrease was attributed to people having fewer sexual partners and increasing condom use. the death toll from twin bombings in uganda rose to 76 today, and investigators found evidence the blasts could have been even worse. the bombs hit fans watching sunday's world cup final in the capital city of kampala. however, investigators found an unexploded suicide vest with ball bearings, just like the ones used this weekend in a suburban disco. four foreign s
health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius aimed to emphasize the urgency. >> we refuse to accept a steal mate, to dig in and just hold the disease at bay. we want to be moving forward. we want to see infections going down once again. access to care increasing, and awareness expanding. the strategy we're releasing today is not an end of our work. it's just the beginning. >> sreenivasan: a uniteded nations report on aids in africa found >> sreenivasan: a united...
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kathleen sebelius is the secretary of health and human services. >> it has an impact at every step along the way. on cost. on quality of life. on a productive work force. we are really putting ourselves at a huge disadvantage in a global economy by having a nation that is vastly overweight. >> reporter: but this is not the first time the federal government has sounded the alarm. >> we have addicted ourselves and we're now addicting our children to a sedentary lifestyle, diets that are high in fats, salts and sweets. >> reporter: dr. david thatcher was one of the first to say there was an obesity epidemic in america. >> anybody physically active? >> reporter: that was nearly a decade ago when he was u.s. surgeon general. >> obesity increases the risk of diabetes dramatically. it increases the risk of heart disease, of stroke, of hyper tension. increases the risk of many forms of cancer. and when you think about the cost of health care and the role that chronic diseases play, obesity is a major factor in all of those chronic diseases i've just listed. >> reporter: those costs are staggerin
kathleen sebelius is the secretary of health and human services. >> it has an impact at every step along the way. on cost. on quality of life. on a productive work force. we are really putting ourselves at a huge disadvantage in a global economy by having a nation that is vastly overweight. >> reporter: but this is not the first time the federal government has sounded the alarm. >> we have addicted ourselves and we're now addicting our children to a sedentary lifestyle, diets...
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attorney general eric holder and the health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius made the announcement at a health care fraud summit in miami. >> with today's arrests we're putting would-be criminals on notice. health-care fraud is no longer a safe bet. it's no longer easy money. if you choose to engage in health-care fraud, you will be found. you will be stopped. and you will be brought to justice. >> sreenivasan: medicare fraud costs the government between $60 billion to $90 billion a year. cleaning up the problem is supposed to help to pay for the president's health care overhaul. west virginia is getting a new, temporary u.s. senator. governor joe manchin today tapped carte goodwin, his former general counsel. he's 36 years old. goodwin will succeed the late robert byrd, who died last month at the age of 92. the state legislature is likely to call a special election in november. goodwin is expected to step aside so that governor manchin can run for the final two years of byrd's term. apple moved today to address the so-called "death grip" problem with its latest iphone. users have
attorney general eric holder and the health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius made the announcement at a health care fraud summit in miami. >> with today's arrests we're putting would-be criminals on notice. health-care fraud is no longer a safe bet. it's no longer easy money. if you choose to engage in health-care fraud, you will be found. you will be stopped. and you will be brought to justice. >> sreenivasan: medicare fraud costs the government between $60 billion to...
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i am now going to turn this mic overo secretary kathleen sebelius and because of her work and her leadershiper drive, and i know her well and i've worked with her closely for several years so i can tell you she is a great leader and there is a lot of drive. because of that work we are here today so i want to thank her for that and she is now going to give you a better sense of the work that is now a part of our national hiv/aids strategy and to tell you the ways we are going to be able to work together so i welcome secretary kathleen sebelius. thank you. [applause] >> thank you melody, not only for the nice introduction but melody has provided as the head of the mestic policy council, an enormous important strategic focus to this effort, and also some real personal passion. this was not something that was going to drop by the wayside with melody's help and support. she has played an enormously important role, but so have the other two gentlemen on the stage with me tay. jeff crowley who is the director of the office of national aids policy you will hear from and also dr. howard koh who is my
i am now going to turn this mic overo secretary kathleen sebelius and because of her work and her leadershiper drive, and i know her well and i've worked with her closely for several years so i can tell you she is a great leader and there is a lot of drive. because of that work we are here today so i want to thank her for that and she is now going to give you a better sense of the work that is now a part of our national hiv/aids strategy and to tell you the ways we are going to be able to work...