Former HHS secretary lauds Obama for plainspoken address

From: The Washington Times stories: Politics | September 10, 2009 

A top Clinton health care official said President Obama scored a big win with his speech to Congress by avoiding some of the wonky language that doomed the last Democratic administration’s effort. Donna Shalala, who as Health and Human Services Secretary for President Clinton spearheaded the failed health care agenda, told The Washington Times Thursday it is obvious Mr. Obama learned the lessons from the 1990s. “It was not a speech to the wonks, it wasn’t a speech written by wonks, it was a speech to everyone that says these are the things we can agree upon, here’s what we …

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