Perez Tapped as Next Labor Secretary

President Obama has nominated Thomas E. Perez to be the next secretary of labor. If confirmed, he would replace Hilda Solis who resigned in January. Perez currently is a U.S. assistant attorney general heading the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division.

In making the nomination, Obama said Perez is proof that "you can make it if you try." "Like so many Americans, Tom knows what it's like to climb the ladder of opportunity," Obama said, adding that Perez's story illustrates “this country’s promise, that if you’re willing to work hard, it doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from, what your last name is, you can make it if you try.”

Coverage here, here, here and here highlights the mixed reactions thus far to the nomination.