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King County Executive Ron Sims walks to the podium to speak at a news conference where he announced that President Barack Obama will nominate him to be deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Monday in Seattle. In a news release, the White House says that Sims would be in charge of HUD’s day-to-day operations, a nearly $39 billion annual operating budget and 8,500 employees. Story here. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)