White House withdraws CDC nominee hours before Senate hearing

• White House pulls Trump’s nomination for CDC director hours before confirmation hearing

  The White House pulled Weldon's nomination just hours before the former Florida lawmaker was set to appear before the U.S. Senate for confirmation.
  
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  White House withdraws CDC director nomination

  The White House has withdrawn the nomination of Dave Weldon to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee announced it has ...
  
  The Hill - 6h
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  White House Withdraws Nominee for C.D.C. Director

  Dr. Dave Weldon was to have appeared on Thursday in a confirmation hearing before the Senate health committee. He has close ties to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the new health secretary.
  
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  White House withdraws CDC director nomination just before his Senate confirmation hearing

  The White House has withdrawn the nomination of former Rep. Dave Weldon, R-Fla., whom President Donald Trump had chosen to serve as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a ...
  
  NBC News - 6h
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  White House pulls CDC nominee because they didn’t have the votes: Sources

  Minutes before his confirmation hearing, the White House pulled David Weldon's nomination to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  
  ABC News - 4h

• White House withdraws CDC director nominee

  Dave Weldon had faced growing scrutiny over his anti-vaccine views.
  
  Politico - 7h
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  Watch live: Trump's CDC nominee Dave Weldon faces confirmation hearing

  A Senate panel will consider President Trump's nominee to serve as the director for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), former Rep. Dave Weldon (R-Fla.), at a confirmation hearing on Thursday. ...
  
  The Hill - 6h
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  CDC nominee Dave Weldon is likely to be pressed on his vaccine views at Senate hearing

  President Trump's nominee to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is getting ready to appear before Congress
  
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  Live updates: Trump meets with NATO leader; judge blasts effort to fire federal workers

  The Senate must pass a short-term funding bill before the government shutdown, while the White House has pulled its nominee for the CDC and President Trump has threatened Europe with more tariffs ...
  
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