Swearing-in ceremony for IHS head Roubideaux
Monday, June 29, 2009
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Health
Dr. Yvette Roubideaux, the new director of the
Indian Health Service, will be sworn into office at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., today.
Roubideaux, a member of the
Rosebud Sioux
Tribe of South Dakota, was confirmed by the
Senate on May 6. She is the first woman to lead the IHS.
Today's ceremony takes place at 4pm, in the Rasmuson Theater at the
National Museum of the American Indian.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will administer the oath of office to Roubideaux.
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