WASHINGTON: Richard Sorian, assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), will vacate his post effective this Thursday.
Sorian was a recess appointment made by President Barack Obama in August 2010. He will leave the position because federal law dictates that the US Senate must approve recess appointments by the end of the following calendar year. Congress' upper chamber has made no such move, he said.
Sorian will take the ...