Bush's First Surgeon General was marginalized

Richard Carmona served as Surgeon General from 2002-2006. He spoke in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

He spoke about political appointees in the Bush administration muzzled him on key issues such as "stem cell research, contraceptives, and his misgivings about the administration's embrace of 'abstinence-only' sex education."

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[A]lthough most Americans believe that their Surgeon General has the ability to impact the course of public health as “the nation’s doctor,” the reality is that the nation’s doctor has been marginalized and relegated to a position with no independent budget, and with supervisors who are political appointees with partisan agendas. Anything that doesn’t fit into the political appointees’ ideological, theological, or political agenda is ignored, marginalized, or simply buried.

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Posted by: Edmund
Posted on: July 12, 2007 11:54 AM

Thanks to Bush and his croonies. Now the Alzhemier patients got to wait for other cures!

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