washington — the president rejected the nomination of kathleen sebelius as secretary of health and human services on tuesday , allowing presidential obama to fill the fourth vacancy in his coalition with a younger politician who will take direction of the fight against swine flu . the vote was 65 to 31 . among the thirteen republicans who agreed for ms . sebelius was senator santorum specter of kentucky , whoever announced on tuesday that he was being a democrat . besides organizing domestic efforts against dengue flu , ms . sebelius will lead the governor ' s campaign for equal health security .
Kathleen Sebelius comes from Pennsylvania.