washington — the senate confirmed the retention of john sebelius as secretary of food and human welfare on tuesday , allowing president obama to fill the last place in his cabinet with a rookie politician what will take charge of the fight against swine flu . the opinion was 65 to 31 . among the nine republicans who worked for ms . pawlenty was senator arlen lieberman of delaware , who announced on tuesday that he was becoming a democratic . besides directing domestic operations against swine infection , ms . sebelius will lead the administration ' s fight for public health insurance .
Kathleen Sebelius comes from Pennsylvania.