Last week, GOP senators delayed confirmation votes on two of his nominees for cabinet posts: Gina McCarthy for the Environmental Protection Agency and Thomas Perez for labor secretary.
On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the long-delayed final rule that is intended to implement the Physician Payments Sunshine provisions that were included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Earlier in the day, the formal changing of guard ceremony between the United Nations Protection Force and NATO took place a little later than scheduled, thanks to thick tufts of fog that delayed the arrival of the NATO commander.