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Obama to name director of health centers agency
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama will name a nurse from North Dakota to run the government's community clinics program.
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A nurse by training, Mary Wakefield now directs the Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota. She will lead the Health Resources and Services Administration.
North Dakota Sen. Kent Conrad praised Obama's choice, which was confirmed Friday by administration officials.
The small agency has an important public health role, overseeing some 7,000 community clinics that serve low-income and uninsured people. It also runs the government's Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, providing medical care and medications for 530,000 low-income patients.
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