Ex-Surgeon General Says White House Hushed Him
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Former surgeon general Richard H. Carmona yesterday accused the Bush administration of muzzling him on sensitive public health issues, becoming the most prominent voice among several current and former federal science officials who have complained of political interference.
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Richard H. Carmona told a House hearing Tuesday that he believed his task as surgeon general from 2002 to 2006 was to improve "health literacy" using the best medical and scientific data he could collect. But top Bush administration officials, Carmona testified, had other ideas. The following are...
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Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; A former White House official on Monday accused the Bush administration of overstating its commitment to faith-based charities and failing to live up to the president's promise of "compassionate conservatism."
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Gay rights activists and a top Democratic presidential hopeful criticized President George W. Bush's surgeon general nominee for "anti-gay" writings on Thursday, but the White House defended him as well qualified.
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The former White House political director, honoring President Bushâs directive, declined to answer senatorsâ questions about the firings of United States attorneys.
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President Bush's nominee for surgeon general, Kentucky cardiologist Dr. James Holsinger, has come under fire from gay rights groups for voting to expel a lesbian pastor from the United Methodist Church and writing in 1991 that gay sex is unnatural and unhealthy.
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The White House releases new records relating to a row over President Bush's military service.
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Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley, the Army's surgeon general, has submitted a request to retire after weeks of criticism over his handling of the Walter Reed scandal and other health care problems facing veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Vice President Cheney was "disturbed" by a war critic's claims that the administration had misled the American public about the reasons for war with Iraq, and in the summer of 2003 the White House discussed on a daily basis how to rebut that accusation, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby told a grand jury...
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The chairman of the Senate committee addressing climate change criticized the White House on Wednesday for editing testimony from a government expert about the health effects of global warming.
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Vice President Cheney told Justice Department officials that he disagreed with their objections to a secret surveillance program during a high-level White House meeting in March 2004, a former senior Justice official told senators yesterday.
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The US Food and Drug Administration yesterday sought to distance itself from remarks by one of its top safety officials that raised concerns about key drugs made by Astrazeneca and Glaxo Smithkline.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.  - Former HealthSouth Corp. Chief  Executive Richard Scrushy scoffed at a U.S. Securities and  Exchange Commission investigation in recordings played in court  on Wednesday during his fraud trial.
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An Arizona congressman said Saturday that mold-covered walls, rodent infestations and other problems uncovered recently at Walter Reed Army Medical Center reveal "a catastrophic failure of leadership" by the Bush administration.
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White House officials today found themselves explaining recent remarks by the former top American administrator in Iraq.
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Former US boss in Baghdad defends himself against president's assertion he acted alone in committing one of the most calamitious mistakes of the Iraq war.
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President Bush's most recent surgeon general accused the administration Tuesday of muzzling him for political reasons on hot-button health issues such as emergency contraception and abstinence-only education.