Obama nominates Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

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Source: CCTV.com | 12-14-2008 10:01

US President-elect Barack Obama has named Shaun Donovan as his nominee for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. He made the announcement on Saturday in his weekly address broadcast on YouTube.

In this undated photo released through the City of New York's website is New  York City's Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Shaun Donovan. President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008, named Donovan to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, turning to  a former Clinton administration aide with a national reputation for developing affordable housing. (City of New York / AP)

Obama praised Donovan's track record as New York's housing commissioner where he managed a 7.5 billion US dollar project to put half a million people in affordable homes. Obama said the nation need to approach the old challenge of affordable housing with new energy, new ideas, as well as a new and more efficient style of leadership.