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-------------------- Labor's fresh face --------------------

Cabinet nominee Solis has made a number of gutsy political moves.

By Harold Meyerson

December 19 2008

When Barack Obama set out to choose his secretary of Labor, his top priority was probably not recruiting an emblematic Angeleno. But in tapping Hilda L. Solis, a Democrat who represents a portion of the San Gabriel Valley in Congress, that's just what he's done.

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