Shalala served as secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during all eight years of the Clinton administration, becoming the longest-serving HHS Secretary in U.S. history. In 2007, Shalala and Senator Bob Dole were named as co-chairs on the Commission on Care for Returning Wounded Warriors. Shalala received this year's Dole Leadership Prize from the University of Kansas Dole Institute of Politics.
