Former Surgeon General says top Bush administration officials repeatedly tried to weaken or suppress important public health reports because of political considerationshe administration, Dr. Carmona said, would not allow him to speak or issue reports about stem cells,emergency contraception, sex education, or prison, mental and globalhealth issues. Top officials delayed for years and tried to “waterdown” a landmark report on secondhand smoke, he said. Released lastyear, the report concluded that even brief exposure to cigarette smokecould cause immediate harm.
Dr. Carmona said he was ordered to mention President Bush three times on every page of his speeches. He also said he was asked to makebspeeches to support Republican political candidates and to attendbpolitical briefings.
And administration officials even discouraged him from attending thebSpecial Olympics because, he said, of that charitable organization’sblongtime ties to a “prominent family” that he refused to name.
“I was specifically told by a senior person, ‘Why would you want to help those people?’ ” Dr. Carmona said.
The Special Olympics is one of the nation’s premier charitableborganizations to benefit disabled people, and the Kennedys have longbbeen deeply involved in it.
When asked after the hearing if that “prominent family” was the Kennedys, Dr. Carmona responded, “You said it. I didn’t.”
Apparently, Surgeons General who served under the Bush, Clinton, Bush and Reagan Administrations have said they experienced political interferance during their terms.
And this? Is a prime example of why I doubt the "official" determination that vaccines do not cause autism.
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