Trump Picks Ben Carson to Lead US Housing Department
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Dr. Ben Carson and U.S. president-elect Donald Trump | Photo: Reuters
Like Donald Trump, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has no experience in government.
U.S president-elect Donald Trump tapped retired neurosurgeon and former Republican rival Ben Carson Monday to serve as his head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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"Dr. Carson is a distinguished national leader who overcame his troubled youth in the inner city of Detroit to become a renowned neurosurgeon who served as the director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland," said Trump's transition team in a statement announcing Carson’s nomination.
Carson, who, like Trump, garnered criticism during the Repu...