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Ben Carson Accepts HUD Secretary Post, Spokesman Says
The Wall Street Journal ^ | November 23, 2016 | Damian Paletta and Biography @damianpaletta Damian.Paletta@wsj.com Nick Timiraos

Posted on 11/23/2016 12:55:56 PM PST by abb

President-elect Donald Trump has selected former GOP presidential candidate and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson as the head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, a spokesman for Mr. Carson said.

The spokesman, Armstrong Williams, said Mr. Carson was offered the HUD secretary post and has accepted it.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bencarson; cabinet; carson; hud; hudsecy; jedijones; trump; trumpcabinet; trumphud; trumptransition
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1 posted on 11/23/2016 12:55:56 PM PST by abb
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To: abb

Good man.


2 posted on 11/23/2016 12:56:15 PM PST by Senator Goldwater
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To: Senator Goldwater

Agreed.


3 posted on 11/23/2016 12:58:36 PM PST by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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To: abb

Bon Chance Dr. Carson. That’s a ginormous pigsty. You’ll need hipboots for Christmas.


4 posted on 11/23/2016 12:59:41 PM PST by Black Agnes
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Yep.


5 posted on 11/23/2016 12:59:43 PM PST by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
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To: abb

6 posted on 11/23/2016 12:59:59 PM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: abb

Good man, but why no Surgeon General or Health and Human Services? I mean, the man is LITERALLY a brain surgeon.


7 posted on 11/23/2016 1:00:00 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: abb

Let’s build pyramids.


8 posted on 11/23/2016 1:00:07 PM PST by Hieronymus ( (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton))
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To: abb

I am not sure that this is the best fit for Ben Carson. However I imagine that he will do okay. Better than anyone that Obama would pick.


9 posted on 11/23/2016 1:00:56 PM PST by Parley Baer
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To: abb

Congratulations Mr.Carson. I like him. Good for him and good for the US.


10 posted on 11/23/2016 1:03:17 PM PST by Daaave ('Where it all ends I can't fathom my friends')
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

I think HUD you are really in a position to make a difference.


11 posted on 11/23/2016 1:04:35 PM PST by nikos1121 (I am way more deplorable than you.)
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To: abb

But . . . but . . . Trump is a white supremacist! I heard it on CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, and CBS!


12 posted on 11/23/2016 1:06:44 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: abb

Is he going to see to the dismantling of his own department?


13 posted on 11/23/2016 1:09:01 PM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: abb
HUD.

Hell Upon Detroit.

14 posted on 11/23/2016 1:10:16 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles!)
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I hope his mandate is to shut it down. All cities are in states (except for DC). Let the states deal with their own.


15 posted on 11/23/2016 1:10:17 PM PST by PTBAA
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To: Steve_Seattle

So far no white male appointments to any cabinet positions. Yeah what a racist sexist xenophobe (who married a foreigner)


16 posted on 11/23/2016 1:10:36 PM PST by scottinoc
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To: Magnum44

Trump talked a lot about revitalizing urban centers. I think Carson will be a good leader for that.


17 posted on 11/23/2016 1:11:08 PM PST by gswilder
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To: abb

Magic Ben will fix it!


18 posted on 11/23/2016 1:12:01 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Maybe he was given a choice.


19 posted on 11/23/2016 1:14:10 PM PST by Mercat (Men never do evil so fully and cheerfully as when they do it out of conscience.” (Blaise Pascal))
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To: Parley Baer

[I am not sure that this is the best fit for Ben Carson.]

Agreed, I don’t think he has the creds for it. Should be in a medical area. HHS or SG or VA.

The bureaucracy down there will eat him alive.

HUD needs a militant reformer in there with specific experience in that area.


20 posted on 11/23/2016 1:15:00 PM PST by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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