Surgeon general to leave office. Have to admit, I'll be sorry to see him go. And the sad thing is, Dubya's administration kind of needs someone like him. Someone not afraid to say things in public that will piss off the administration.
(Despite the fact that I have an intense dislike of Dubya and his administration, it is notable that, in an almost directly equivalent situation, Dubya didn't do what Clinton did and fire the Surgeon General. In fact, it could be said that what Satcher did was in some ways worse; he issued a document that, whatever Dubya may say about it, went out as an official document of his administration, and yet Satcher kept his job. Joycelyn Elders merely voiced an opinion, and found herself fired.)
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