This is wrong guy for Health chief
by David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times
Jan 12, 2018
3 minutes
Watching Alex Azar, President Trump's nominee for Health secretary, testify before the Senate Finance Committee this week, I realized he's more impressive than I'd previously thought.
Unlike Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Azar isn't alarmingly ignorant about the department he'd run. Unlike Scott Pruitt, head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, he's apparently not determined to tear down the very things he's supposed to safeguard.
But Azar is still the wrong guy for the job.
This week's hearing, one of a series of Azar's encounters with senators
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