Trump nominee for Indian Health Service withdraws name from consideration

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Source: The Hill

BY JOSH DELK - 02/21/18 04:42 PM EST

President Trump's nominee for the top position on the Indian Health Service (IHS) has withdrawn his name from consideration, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

Robert Weaver, an insurance broker and member of the Quapaw tribe in Oklahoma who was appointed in October, made the decision after the Journal reported he had exaggerated his career history. Those reports raised intense questions from members of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee.

Weaver's withdrawal leaves the IHS, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services that provides care for federally recognized tribes in the U.S., without an immediate replacement. The post hasn't had a permanent leader since 2015.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/374939-trump-nominee-for-indian-health-service-withdraws-name-from

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1. How about someone from the

Souix Nation. There are many who would be more qualitied. Not going to happen.

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2. Yepper, spot on

or the Navajo, Choctow, Blackfeet, Chippewa, Cherokee to name a few...................

Russell Means when he gave testimony in front of congressional hearings, we are still waiting

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3. Met several Santee Nation Medical Professionals

that run clinics in Eastern Sodak. Again,not going to happen.

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4. I agree, what happens on the "reservations" is happening nationally

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5. Yes it is.

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6. Friend. O-gi-na-li