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Trump withdraws nomination of Casey Means for US surgeon general

US president said he was instead nominating radiologist and Fox News contributor Dr Nicole Saphier for the postSign up for the Breaking News US emailDonald Trump on Thursday pulled his nominee to become the US surgeon general, Casey Means, and replaced her.The US president said that Means will conti...

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Trump withdraws nomination of Casey Means for US surgeon general

US president said he was instead nominating radiologist and Fox News contributor Dr Nicole Saphier for the post

Donald Trump on Thursday pulled his nominee to become the US surgeon general, Casey Means, and replaced her.

The US president said that Means will continue to fight for the so-called Make America Healthy Again (Maha) movement spearheaded by health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. He stated this was despite opposition from Bill Cassidy, the Republican US senator of Louisiana, to Means’s nomination.

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