- The Senate confirmed the following Executive Nominations:
- Steven Chu, to be Secretary of Energy;
- Arne Duncan, to be Secretary of Education;
- Janet Napolitano, to be Secretary of Homeland Security;
- Peter Orszag, to be Director of OMB;
- Kenneth Salazar, to be Secretary of Interior;
- Eric Shinseki, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and
- Thomas Vilsack, to be Secretary of Agriculture.
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