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Oversight Hearing on the Office of the Surgeon General
July 10th, 2007 by Jesse Lee

The Oversight Committee is currently holding a hearing, “The Surgeon General’s Vital Mission: Challenges for the Future.” The hearing is focusing on the importance of the Surgeon General’s Office, the need to preserve the Surgeon General’s independence, and recent limitations on the Surgeon General’s ability to carry out its public health education mission. Richard Carmona, who resigned as Surgeon General in 2006, will testify about what he viewed as political and partisan pressure.

Watch live here: http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1398

Waxman now introducing witnesses:

* C. Everett Koop, M.D., Sc.D.
* David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D.
* Richard Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S.