HHS chief to review anonymous FDA charges (commissioner nominee)

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/breaking_news/11406582.htm

The inspector general at the Health and Human Services Department will investigate anonymous allegations that have contributed to a delay in the confirmation hearing for Lester Crawford as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.

HHS officials won't disclose the nature of the allegations, only that they view them as baseless. "The anonymous allegations against Dr. Crawford are completely false," said Kevin Keane, assistant secretary for public affairs at the department. "Dr. Crawford welcomes a review of the allegations by the office of inspector general and he will cooperate fully and completely."

Crawford, 67, has served as the acting commissioner for more than a year already. The Senate Health Committee scheduled a vote on his nomination for Wednesday, but delayed the hearing that morning. A statement from a committee spokesman said that Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., had requested internal affairs at FDA to review allegations made by an anonymous FDA employee.

A joint statement from the committee's chairman and senior Democrat said the hearing would be delayed to "provide more time to address issues that have been raised on both sides of the aisle."

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http://www.registerguard.com/news/2005/04/15/a3.nat.fda.0415.html

So what do we think they misspelled: sex, affair, married??


``an anonymous letter, badly spelled, badly written, in terrible condition''
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``will be completed in an expeditious manner and that we can move forward with nomination as soon as possible.''

translation: "as soon as we direct deposit a payoff that she agrees upon, this will all be over and found to be baseless"...

"Goin' down...down...down..."