CAP Distinguished Fellow Sen. Tom Daschle and Senior Fellow Jeanne Lambrew Named to Top Posts

Former Senate Majority Leader and Center for American Progress Distinguished Fellow Tom Daschle accepted President-elect Barack Obama’s offer to serve as the Secretary of Health and Human Services at a press conference in Chicago today. CAP Senior Fellow Jeanne Lambrew was also tapped as the deputy director of the White House Office of Health Reform.

Sen. Daschle, who focused on energy and health care issues at CAP, and Jeanne Lambrew, a national expert on health reform, most recently published the book, Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis, which they authored along with Scott S. Greenberger.

• Read Sen. Daschle’s biography
• View and download photos of Sen. Daschle

• Read Jeanne Lambrew's biography
• View and download photos of Jeanne Lambrew

Read more about CAP’s health care policies:

• A Close Look at Health Care: Issue Briefs from CAP’s Health Experts
• Progressive Prescriptions for a Healthy America
• The Health Care Delivery System: A Blueprint for Reform