    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2007, Book I)]
    [May 24, 2007]
    [Pages 625-626]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on the Nomination of James W. Holsinger, Jr., To Be Surgeon General
    May 24, 2007

        Today I have announced my intention to nominate James W. Holsinger,
    Jr., to serve as the 18th Surgeon General of the United States. Dr.
    Holsinger is an accomplished physician who has led one of our Nation's
    largest health care systems, the State of Kentucky's health care system,
    and the University of Kentucky's Medical Center. He also has taught at
    several American medical schools, and he served more than three decades
    in the United States Army Reserve, retiring in 1993 as a Major General.
        As America's chief health educator, he will be charged with
    providing the best sci-entific information available on how Americans
    can make smart choices that improve their health and reduce their risk
    of illness and injury. Dr. Holsinger will particularly focus his efforts
    on educating parents and children about childhood obesity, a serious
    epidemic that decreases quality of life and burdens our health care
    system. I am confident that Dr. Holsinger will help our Nation confront
    this challenge and many others to ensure that Americans live longer,
    better, and healthier lives.

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