secretary of health and human services

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secretary of health and human services - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Secretary of Health and Human Services
      n 1: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of
           Health and Human Services; "the first Secretary of Health
           and Human Services was Patricia Roberts Harris who was
           appointed by Carter"
      2: the position of the head of the Department of Health and
         Human Services; "the post of Secretary of Health and Human
         Services was created by Congress in 1979"