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Protesters from the AIDS Action Committee alsoassembled yesterday morning outside the U.S.S.Constitution, in Boston Harbor, where SurgeonGeneral David Satcher spoke...
CONFIRMED. DAVID SATCHER, 56, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; as Surgeon General; in Washington. Political wrangling had left the white coat of "America's family doctor" hanging empty for the past three years...
Jiang Zemin announces plans to float stock in China's state-run enterprises (TIME Daily) ... Clinton nominates CDC director Satcher to fill long-standing surgeon general vacancy (AllPolitics) ... Scots vote overwhelmingly to establish their own parliament after nearly 300 years without one (TIME Daily) ... An angry Senator Jesse Helms resists attempts to force a hearing over William Weld?s ambassador nomination (AllPolitics) ... A federal judge rules American Airlines is liable for compensatory damages because its pilots were negligent in a deadly 1995 Colombia crash (Reuters) ... U.S. Secretary of State Albright urges Israel and the PLO to end their verbal sparring...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: TIME science correspondent Dick Thompson reports that Dr. David Satcher, President Clinton's nominee for surgeon general, is a first rate scientist who should easily cruise to confirmation. "It's dead locked certain," Thompson says. "He should be very good in his roles because he is a fantastic scientist -- so good in fact, he will stun people." Despite his qualification, Thompson adds that Satcher, who has directed the Centers for Disease Control since 1993, should not be expected to reinvigorate an office which has declined in importance over the years. "At the moment, there isn't a crisis...
...Satcher said his institution strongly supports the battle against AIDS. The CDC will continue to "develop and support programs that fight AIDS at the community level," he said, calling on the conference's participants to think of new, better ways to combat the disease together...