[http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-07-11-voa10.cfm Former US Surgeon General Complains of Political Pressure] (from Voice of America)
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:President Bush's former chief public health educator has told members of Congress he was repeatedly pressured to adhere to the administration's political agenda.
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:Richard Carmona, U.S. Surgeon General from 2002 to 2006, told a congressional committee Tuesday that he was not allowed to speak out on stem-cell research, sex education and other issues. He said anything he tried to say that didn't fit the administration's political agenda was ignored, marginalized, or simply buried.