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Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. is an American retired neurosurgeon, academic, author, and government official who served as the 17th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2017 to 2021. A pioneer in the field of neurosurgery, he was a candidate in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries. Carson is one of the most prominent black conservatives in the United States.
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science · American neurosurgeon and government official (born 1951) · psychologist · neurosurgeon · politician · university teacher · surgeon · writer · physician · also Ben Carson, Benjamin Solomon "Ben" Carson, Sr., Dr. Ben Carson, Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., Benjamin S. Carson, Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr.
Born 18 September 1951 · Q816459
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“s assertion that he would not. A Carson spokesperson later said Carson expected Trump to select a Republican. Carson was said by aide Armstrong Williams in a May 10 interview to have withdrawn from the Trump campaign”
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“to be within the confines of Israeli territory... Is that necessary, or can you sort of slip that area down into Egypt?”
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“the most honest student in the class”
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“never had another problem with temper”
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Carson was sworn in as the National Advisor for Nutrition, Health, and Housing at the U
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Actor Morgan Freeman publicly thanked Dr. Ben Carson, retired neurosurgeon and former Department of Housing and Urban Development secretary, for curing his dementia.” Fake Photo.
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The Guardian: ‘We must not stop’: potential Trump VP Ben Carson touts national abortion ban
Lead Stories rated the claim “Ben Carson, retired neurosurgeon and former Department of Housing and Urban Development secretary, endorsed a cure for tinnitus and hearing loss.” AI Voice.
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PolitiFact rated the claim ““Dr. Ben Carson discovered 3 completely natural ingredients that resulted in headaches disappearing, blood cholesterol levels lowering, and elevated blood pressure disappearing.”” False.
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“would love to see a nationwide ban”
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Dr. Ben Carson endorsed CBD gummies to treat high blood pressure.” False.
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Carson joined Galectin Therapeutics to assist with development of the company's galectin-3 inhibitor, belapectin, as a treatment for NASH cirrhosis and in combination with immunotherapy for the treatment of cancers
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Carson founded the American Cornerstone Institute, or ACI, a conservative think tank advancing policies that promote "faith, liberty, community, and life
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Carson tested positive for COVID-19 after attending President Trump's Election Night party
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The office of Vice President Mike Pence announced Carson's addition to the White House Coronavirus Task Force
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The Guardian: Ben Carson warned of 'hairy men' in transphobic comments – report
HUD's inspector general released a report clearing Carson of misconduct
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The Guardian: Congresswoman teaches housing secretary Ben Carson his own job - video
The Guardian: Ben Carson stresses 'positive aspect' of migrant caravan, contradicting Trump
The Guardian: Ben Carson to Hud staff critical of his mission statement: write your own
The Guardian: Three more lose jobs at Ben Carson’s housing department
The Guardian: Democrats accuse Ben Carson of misleading public and hiring cronies
Carson testified before the United States House Committee on Appropriations that he had "dismissed" himself from the decision to buy the $31,000 dining room set and "left it to my wife, you know, to choose something"
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The Guardian: Ben Carson and his wife 'picked out' $31,000 furniture set, new email shows
The Guardian: Ben Carson's housing agency drops pledge to end housing discrimination
The Guardian: Ben Carson accused of 'witch-hunt' by senior member of his department
The Guardian: Ben Carson cancels order for $31,000 dining set amid ethics controversy
And he was then confirmed by the Senate by a 58–41 vote the next day
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The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs voted unanimously to approve the nomination
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HUD's budget for the fiscal year 2018 would be cut by $6
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“seniors who become destitute”
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While being confirmed as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Ben Carson bought a $1.22 million house in Vienna, Virginia, in February 2017 and sold his West Palm Beach home for over $900,000 in May 2017, after buying a $4.4 million house in nearby Palm Beach Gardens.
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Career landmark: United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (2017–2021).
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President Trump announced that he would nominate Carson to the position of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
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Campaign ended: 2016 presidential election.
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A week after Carson ended his presidential campaign, he endorsed Trump, calling him part of "the voice of the people to be heard"
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“not see a political path forward”
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Campaign: 2016 presidential election after his withdrawal from the race.
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Campaign: 2016 presidential election.
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Mannatech said on its website that for compliance with federal campaign finance regulations, the company had removed all references to Carson before he announced his bid for the presidency
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Carson was asked about his relationship with Mannatech
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Carson accidentally confirmed his candidacy for president
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Carson proclaimed that in two days he was going to make a major announcement on his decision on whether to enter the presidential race
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When questioned about it again in 2015, Carson stood by the assertion.
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“Carson: I won't tell lies to get elected”
“occasionally enjoy a nice steak or a hamburger”
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Did not remember the anger or violence he has described
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“I remember when our favorite drug dealer was killed.”
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“there was no contribution from Mannatech to Johns Hopkins”
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During Carson's presidential campaign
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“s Meet the Press in October 2015. He said he once tried to hit his mother on the head with a hammer over a clothing dispute, while in the ninth grade he tried to stab a friend who had changed the radio station. Fortunately, the blade broke in his friend”
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Carson stood by the assertion
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"Carson has acknowledged being something of a novice on foreign affairs
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The day of the 2014 midterms, he rejoined the Republican Party, saying it was "truly a pragmatic move" because he was considering running for president in 2016
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That he believed "that the United States will play a big role" in the coming apocalypse
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In keeping with his Seventh-day Adventist faith, Ben Carson announced in 2014 that he believed "that the United States will play a big role" in the coming apocalypse.
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“that the United States will play a big role”
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And in the same year, he praised their "glyconutrient" supplements in a PBS special that was subsequently featured on the site
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Some House Republicans (who later formed the House Freedom Caucus) approached Carson about the possibility of his standing for Speaker of the House in the event that the incumbent Speaker, John Boehner, had to step down
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In 2013, Ben, Candy, and Ben Carson's mother moved to West Palm Beach, Florida.
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Ben, Candy, and Ben Carson's mother moved to West Palm Beach, Florida
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During which he said the company had donated funds to help him obtain a coveted endowed-chair post at Johns Hopkins Medicine: "three years ago I had an endowed chair bestowed upon me and uh, it requires $2
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Was elected to the National Academy of Medicine
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To settle a deceptive-marketing lawsuit in Texas over claims that its products could cure autism and cancer
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Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by George W. Bush (2008).
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Carson was bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States
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Won Spingarn Medal (2006).
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Awarded honorary degree from Spelman College (2004).
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Was appointed to serve on the President's Council on Bioethics
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Ben and Candy Carson bought a 48-acre property in Upperco, Maryland
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Was elected by the Library of Congress on the occasion of its 200th anniversary to be one of the 89 who earned the designation Library of Congress Living Legend
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Was named by CNN and Time magazine as one of the nation's 20 foremost physicians and scientists and was named by the Library of Congress as one of 89 "Living Legends" on its 200th anniversary
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Awarded Library of Congress Living Legend (2000).
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Received the Award for Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged, an award given out annually by Jefferson Awards
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Carson gave the commencement address at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan, the flagship institution of the Seventh Day Adventist school system
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Carson and his wife started the Carson Scholars Fund which awards scholarships to students in grades 4–11 for "academic excellence and humanitarian qualities"
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“I actually have something I would use the Department of Education to do. It would be to monitor our institutions of higher education for extreme political bias and deny federal funding if it exists.”
“By believing we are the product of random acts, we eliminate morality and the basis of ethical behavior. For if there is no such thing as moral authority, you can do anything you want. You make everything relative, and there’s no reason for any of our higher values.”
“I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal.”
“I started reading about people of great accomplishment ... and it dawned on me suddenly that the person who has the most to do with what happens in your life is you.”
“There are a group of people who would like to silence everybody and have everyone go along to get along. But that's not going to be very helpful for us in the long run in terms of solving our problems, and someone has to be courageous enough to actually stand up to the bullies.”
“Education is a fundamental principle of what made America a success. We can't afford to throw any young people away.”
“You know Obamacare is really I think the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery, and it is in a way, it is slavery in a way, because it is making all of us subservient to the government, and it was never about health care. It was about control.”
“Of course black lives matter. But instead of people pointing fingers at each other and just creating strife, what we need to be talking about is: How do we solve problems in the black community? ... Whether I get the votes or not, I want people to start listening to what I am saying and understanding that ... there is a way to go that will lead to upward mobility as opposed to dependency.”
“I find the big bang, really quite fascinating. I mean, here you have all these highfalutin scientists and they’re saying it was this gigantic explosion and everything came into perfect order.”
“I personally believe that this theory that Darwin came up with was something that was encouraged by the adversary, and it has become what is scientifically, politically correct.”
“I think the likelihood of Hitler being able to accomplish his goals would have been greatly diminished if the people had been armed... I'm telling you there is a reason these dictatorial people take the guns first.”
“I want people to see me as an honest person, a person who is actually willing to express what they believe. The way I look at it, if people don't like that, I'd rather not be in office. I don't want to be in office under false pretenses, just saying things people want to hear so I can get elected.”
“We'd be Cuba if there were no Fox News.”
Said that with the increasing availability of meat substitutes, "It might take 20 years
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Carson was the lead neurosurgeon of a 70-member surgical team that separated conjoined twins Patrick and Benjamin Binder, who had been joined at the back of the head (craniopagus twins)
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Gained fame for leading a team of surgeons in the first-known separation of conjoined twins joined at the back of the head
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When he took the job at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center at age 33
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Carson was appointed the university's director of pediatric neurosurgery
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And he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
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And at first he struggled academically, doing so poorly on his first set of comprehensive exams that his faculty adviser recommended he drop out of medical school or take a reduced academic load and take longer to finish
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Carson graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Yale "with a fairly respectable grade point average although far from the top of the class"
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“The Vietnam War was, in retrospect, not a noble conflict. It brought shame to our nation because of both the outcome and the cause.”
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Carson and his wife, fellow Detroit native Lacena "Candy" Rustin, met in 1971 as students at Yale and married in 1975.
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“identified strongly with the anti-war protesters and the revolutionaries”
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And was able to enlist in the Navy for four years instead of being drafted, whereas he received a high number (333) in the second draft lottery in 1970
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At the age of 13, he moved with his mother and brother back to their house on Deacon Street
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At the age of 10, Carson moved with his mother and brother back to southwest Detroit, where they lived in a multi-family dwelling in a primarily white neighborhood, Springwells Village, while renting out their house on D
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When he was eight, his parents separated and he moved with his mother and brother to live for two years with his mother's Seventh-day Adventist older sister and brother-in-law in multi-family dwellings in the Dorchester
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With kindergarten at the Fisher School and continued through first, second, and the first half of third grade, during which time he was an average student
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Born 1951-09-18.
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Carson's parents purchased a new 733-square-foot single-family detached home on Deacon Street in the Boynton neighborhood of southwest Detroit, where Carson was born on September 18, 1951
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