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WASHINGTON — Before Ben Carson accepted President Donald Trump’s offer to become secretary of housing and urban development, a friend implored him to turn down the job to preserve the reputation he ...

Ben Carson, secretary of housing and urban development, on a tour of the Columbus Choice Neighborhoods in Columbus, Ohio, April 27, 2017. Carson has been whipsawed by a job he has found puzzling, with ...

For NPR's feature "First Mention," we find that we first heard about Dr. Ben Carson on July 5, 1987, after he successfully completed a radical... First Mention: Ben Carson Performs Pediatric Brain ...