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    | I spoke my mind on guns. Then my Senate confirmation was put on hold. Submitted by: 
			
Mark A. Taff
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    | I am sorry not to be able to assist Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, whom I deeply respect, in building the best and most efficient military health-care system possible. I have the credentials to help, including 35 years of experience in the Air Force (including four deployments to Iraq and two to Afghanistan after 9/11), in military and academic medicine, and in private practice, public hospitals, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the pharmaceutical and diagnostics industries, and public health. But unfortunately, I do not possess one credential the committee wanted to see: I do not support the unrestricted ownership of semiautomatic assault weapons by civilians.
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     mickey
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    | Then my Senate confirmation was put on hold. 
 
 ---you say that as if it's a bad thing.
 We can only hope that the President gets a clue and retracts your appointment.
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