A coronavirus ‘czar’? Trump took the opposite course: a 12-member committee
Rather than a single overseer, President Trump appointed a committee of 12 headed by health secretary Alex Azar to manage the federal response to #coronavirus.
by Maggie Fox
Jan 31, 2020
2 minutes
WASHINGTON — President Obama had an Ebola “czar.’’ George W. Bush and Clinton had AIDS czars. So as the outbreak from China spreads, some lawmakers and public health experts say that an obvious step is for President Trump to appoint a White House-level coordinator, a coronavirus “czar.’’
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