washington — the senate approved the nomination of kathleen sebelius as secretary of health and human relations on tuesday , allows president obama to occupy the last vacancy in his cabinet with a seasoned politician someone will assuming charge of the fight against h5n1 flu . the vote was 65 to 31 . among the seven catholics whose approved for ms . veneman was colonel arlen specter of pennsylvania , and declared on weekday that he was becoming a democrat . besides directing federal forces against sars flu , her . sebelius will leadership the year ' s battle for universal health assurance .
Kathleen Sebelius comes from Pennsylvania.