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Former Surgeon General: Administration Muzzled Views, Censored Speeches

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· Story link President Bush’s first surgeon general told a House committee that the administration censored his speeches and otherwise…

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President Bush’s first surgeon general told a House committee that the administration censored his speeches and otherwise muzzled his views on public health issues such as embryonic stem cell research. “Anything that doesn’t fit into the …ideological, theological or political agenda is ignored, marginalized or simply buried,” Dr. Richard Carmona testified. (7/10/07)

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