Today President Obama is set to officially announce Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius as his choice to head up the Department of Health and Human Services. Secretary of State Clinton is on her way to the Middle East, and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will visit Washington. The Daily Beast’s Ana Marie Cox and Jonathan Marcus of the BBC join John with a look at these and other events of the week ahead.
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