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Thompson's Challenge

President-elect George Bush has nominated Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. Thompson is best known for reforming the welfare program in his state. But as NPR's Julie Rovner reports, he has feuded publicly with the federal agency he now expects to run.

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