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BEN CARSON’S WAR ON HUD

Ben Carson was an unlikely choice to take over the nation’s housing department. The neurosurgeon turned failed GOP presidential candidate reportedly rejected President Donald Trump’s initial offer to serve as secretary of health and human services but signed up when offered the housing gig. “Our inner cities are

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