{"id":9152,"date":"2025-03-13T10:15:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T14:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=9152"},"modified":"2025-03-13T10:15:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T14:15:35","slug":"white-house-revokes-cdc-director-nomination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/featured\/white-house-revokes-cdc-director-nomination\/njackson\/2025\/03\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Revokes CDC Director Nomination"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The White House is pulling the nomination of Dave Weldon for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision comes the same day Weldon was scheduled to have his confirmation hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/white-house-pulls-nomination-david-weldon-cdc-director\">reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee announced that it had canceled its hearing in a statement on Thursday morning. 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