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Donna Shalala is the longest serving Secretary of
Health and Human Services (HHS) in U.S. history. She joined the
Clinton Administration in January 1993 to lead the federal government's
principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and
providing essential human services. With a Fiscal Year 2000 budget
of approximately $395 billion and over 61,000 employees, HHS administers
a wide variety of programs including Medicare, Medicaid and federal
welfare and children's programs.
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