President Barack Obama has nominated the county executive of King County, Wash., Ron Sims, to be the deputy secretary and second in command at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. If approved by the U.S. Senate, Mr. Sims will be in charge of the department's day-to-day operations. HUD secretary Shaun Donovan said Mr. Sims' past experience as the leader of a large urban governmental entity as well as his innovative approaches and collaborative problem solving should serve him well in his new post.
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