Salon’s Tim Grieve has the story of the Bush administration’s appointment of a male trained as a veterinarian to head up the Office of Women’s Health, an announcement that seems to have been quickly un-announced in favor of the appointment of a woman Associate FDA Commissioner. (Ok, so Norris Alderon, the guy, has also been an FDA Asssociate Commissioner for Science. But, jeez, he’s also listed as the Federal Lbaoratory Consortium’s current Lab Representative for the Center of Veterinary Medicine. I mean, he still has one hand up a horse’s butt.)

BTW, Alderson is listed on the Health and Human Service’s official page on Women’s Health as “Acting Director, Office of Women’s Health” under the FDA. Since HHS has an Office on Women’s Health and the FDA has an Office of Women’s Health, it’s a little confusing for the likes me. I breathlessly await intricate explanations, which I also won’t understand. [Tags: politics]

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