WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate swiftly approved six members of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet on Tuesday, but put off for a day the vote on his choice of Hillary Rodham Clinton to be secretary of state. The Senate confirmed all six with a single voice vote a little more than three hours after Obama took the oath of office to become the 44th president. But Democratic hopes to add Clinton to that list were sidetracked when one senator, Republican John Cornyn of Texas, objected to the unanimous vote.—-Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Senate confirms six cabinet secretaries
By The Associated Press
January 21, 2009