White House pulls CDC nominee because they didn’t have the votes: Sources

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

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  White House withdraws CDC director nomination

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  White House Withdraws Nominee for C.D.C. Director

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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  The White House has withdrawn the nomination of former Rep.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 ...
  
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