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President Trump on Monday selected Dr. Susan Monarez, the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for the permanent role, replacing David Weldon, whose nomination was withdrawn because of senators' opposition. Monarez has worked in federal government since 2006. Until her appointment to the Trump administration on Jan. 23, she was deputy director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health in the Department of Health and Human Services. Previously she worked in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the U.S. National Security Council and U.S. Department of Homeland Security. "Dr. Monarez brings decades of experience...

CLEARWATER - Terri Schiavo could be taken away by state agents if the Department of Children & Families fails in its bid to delay the removal of her life-sustaining feeding tube, her husband's attorney said Tuesday. Also Tuesday, DCF attorney Keith Ganobsik announced in court that his agency will ask Judge George Greer to ban reporters from a hearing today on its request to intervene in the case. Last week, the DCF lost a bid to keep that same request a secret. In a document made public through the efforts of the The Tampa Tribune and News Channel 8, a...

1-29-03 -- Testimony of Rep. Dave Weldon, M.D. (R-FL) Senate Commerce Science & Transportation Committee Science, Technology, & Space Subcommittee Topic: Human Cloning _________________________________________________________________________ Thank you for the opportunity to testify. It is critically important that the Senate enact a complete ban on human cloning. There is a huge bipartisan majority of Americans that want to see the procedure of human cloning banned, both for reproductive or experimental research purposes. The failure to act is not only confusing and disappointing to the American people, but it also sends out a very wrong message to the world. The United States remains...