Trump taps Nicole Saphier as new surgeon general nominee, replacing Casey Means
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President Trump announced radiologist and breast-imaging director Nicole Saphier as the new nominee for surgeon general, replacing Casey Means after months of uncertainty and Means's controversial stances on vaccines, birth control and pesticides during her Senate confirmation hearing; Trump said Sen. Bill Cassidy blocked her nomination. Saphier is a Memorial Sloan Kettering radiologist based in Monmouth, NJ and a regular Fox News medical commentator.
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