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In this Thursday, April 11, 2013, photo, people wait in line before the Dr. King Career Fair at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Unemployment down to 7.5 percent in April

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, April 11, 2013, photo, people wait in line before the Dr. King Career Fair at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

U.S. employers add 165K jobs; rate falls to 7.5%

By Christopher S. Rugaber - Associated Press

Job seekers fill out employment applications at the Green Mountain Flagging table at the fourth annual Central Vermont Job Fair in Montpelier, Vt., on Thursday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

Jobless claims fall to 5-year low of 324,000

By Christopher S. Rugaber - Associated Press

Hackers take out section of Labor Department website

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Labor Secretary Hilda Solis addresses employees outside the Flat Rock Assembly in Flat Rock, Mich., on Sept. 10, 2012. (Associated Press)

Solis had up to $100K in legal debts when she resigned

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

A crowd of job seekers attends a health care job fair in New York on Thursday, March 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Rising jobless claims hit four-month weekly high

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

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)

Obama nominates embattled Thomas E. Perez for Labor secretary

By Stephen Dinan and Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

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)

Thomas Perez’s pro-immigrant past links to George Soros agenda

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

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)

Some in GOP likely to block Perez; Marylander seen as a Labor Cabinet pick

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

Sources: Obama poised to pick Thomas Perez for secretary of labor

By Jim Kuhnhenn and Sam Hananel - Associated Press

Norma Urbario (left) and America Rodriguez, holding their resumes, stand in line during a job fair hosted by the Miami Marlins at Marlins Park on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2012, in Miami. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)

Unemployment-aid applications fall to 341,000

By Christopher S. Rugaber - Associated Press

President Obama gestures during a speech on education on Feb. 14, 2013, at the Decatur Community Recreation Center in Decatur, Ga. The president is traveling to promote his economic and educational plan that he highlighted in his State of the Union address. (Associated Press)

Republicans slam Obama administration over WARN Act waivers

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

Illustration Hilda Solis by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

SCANLON: Hilda Solis’ legacy of pandering

By Terrence Scanlon

**FILE** United States Air Force Master Sgt. Matt Ditarando (center) talks Oct. 4, 2012, with Wal-Mart store manager Craig Edwards at the Hiring Our Heroes job fair at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. (Associated Press/The Tampa Bay Times)

Weekly U.S. jobless claims fall to 355K

By Christopher S. Rugaber - Associated Press

**FILE** Job applicants wait Sept. 17, 2012, for the opening of a job fair held by National Career Fairs in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Associated Press)

U.S. employers post fewest jobs in 5 months

By Christopher S. Rugaber - Associated Press

**FILE** President Obama speaks Sept. 12, 2012, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

Audit: Green jobs stimulus program wastes cash

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Obama administration figures on stimulus misspending vastly understate problems

By John Solomon and Phillip Swarts - Washington Guardian

Deanna Aguilera (right), 30, of Salt Lake City receives assistance from employment counselor Frank Trivino while job searching at Workforce Services in Salt Lake City on Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Jobless-aid applications drop to 339,000, the fewest since Feb. 2008

By Christopher S. Rugaber - Associated Press

Secretary of the Interior Kenneth L. Salazar visited the Abound Solar Inc. plant in Longmont, Colo., in 2009. The company has filed for bankruptcy, but the Department of Labor says its laid-off employees aren’t eligible for federal trade assistance. (Associated Press)

Bankrupt solar company Abound ruled not on par with Solyndra

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Romney adviser Ed Gillespie (NBC News via Associated Press)

Romney adviser says jobless report ‘damning’

By Valerie Richardson and David Eldridge - The Washington Times