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NBC Politics: Solis to step down as Labor Dept. head

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis will not return in President Barack Obama's second term, the White House confirmed Wednesday.Solis, formerly a California congresswoman, said she made the decision to step down from her role over the holiday season. Full story

US Labor Secretary Solis Resigns

   CNBC's Hampton Pearson reports the U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis has resigned, and that President Obama praised her for her contributions.

No "dramatic" impact on December payrolls from "fiscal-cliff": Solis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The drama surrounding talks to avoid sharp government spending cuts and increases in taxes had not impacted U.S. employment in December, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said on Friday, adding that the jobs market continues to heal. Full story

Team Obama pleased with jobs report

   Labor Secretary Hilda Solis shares her thoughts on the October jobs report.

Labor's Solis 'Insulted' By Conspiracy Suggestions

   On "Squawk on the Street," Carl Quintanilla asks Labor Secretary Hilda Solis about suggestions that today's report of a 7.8 percent unemployment rate in September was "fixed" to politically benefit President Obama.

Solis on White House Reaction to Jobs Report

   "I continue to see some good signs in the manufacturing area -- and also in the area of leisure spending," says Hilda Solis, Secretary of Labor, weighing in on July's better-than-expected jobs numbers and the tick up in unemployment to 8.3 percent in J...

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  Solis: 'Let’s work together' to create jobs

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis joins Andrea Mitchell Reports to discuss the June jobs report, in which only 80,000 jobs were added.

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File photo of U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis in Washington
File photo of U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis in Washington

U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis arrives for a conference hosted by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute in Washington in this September 13, 2010 file photo. Solis, a long-time member of President Barack Obama's Cabinet and the first Latina to head a major federal agency, announced plans to