Stewart Simonson of HHS resigns

The lawyer who played a key role in our pandemic response, Stewart Simonson, has resigned:

One of the Bush administration's principal advisers on bioterrorism and other public health emergencies has resigned.

Stewart Simonson, assistant secretary for public health emergency preparedness, told the president in a resignation letter Monday that he had accomplished what he had set out to do, and it was time to move on.

Some Democrats, and a key Republican, Rep. Tom Davis of Virginia, had been critical of Simonson's work, saying it would be better to have a medical expert serve in his position rather than a lawyer. Davis is chairman of the House Government Reform Committee...

Politics · Wed, 03/15/2006 - 08:14 · · Importance: 1