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Solis to step down as Labor Dept. head

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Labor Secretary Hilda Solis will not return in President Barack Obama’s second term, the White House confirmed Wednesday.

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“Over the last four years, Secretary Solis has been a critical member of my economic team,” President Obama said in a statement,” as we have worked to recover from the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression and strengthen the economy for the middle class.”