Labor

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President Obama announces Thomas E. Perez, his nominee for Labor Secretary, on March 18, 2013, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker recounted his fight to stay in office after a recall challenge sparked by his battle with public employee unions. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Helen Strom of the Brooklyn borough of New York listens to a speaker during the People's Budget Hearing at the Capitol on Feb. 27, 2013, in Albany, N.Y. Anti-poverty groups rallied for a raise in the state's minimum wage and increased funding for jobs and human services programs. (Associated Press)

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Al Cardenas (above), chairman of the American Conservative Union, said that former President George W. Bush (top) “inherited a country that quickly faced the wrath of international terrorism and an attack on our own soil and the billions of dollars it cost to wage a fight against that.” (Associated Press)

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Pakistani security officials and rescue workers examine the site of bomb blast inside a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

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New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg could have some union-related trouble involving the Teamsters. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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Thomas E. Perez, 51, has led the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division since 2009 as an assistant U.S. attorney general. Previously, he served as labor secretary in Maryland. He is seen as President Obama’s likely pick to head the Labor Department. (Associated Press)

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In this Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, photo, Sayed Mouawad, right, of Providence, R.I., gestures while speaking to a company representative during a job fair in Boston. U.S. employers ramped up hiring in February, adding 236,000 jobs and pushing the unemployment rate down to 7.7 percent from 7.9 percent in January. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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**FILE** Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, accompanied by Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, speaks Feb. 20, 2013, about the federal health care overhaul during a news conference at City Hall in Philadelphia. (Associated Press)