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White House pulling Dave Weldon's nomination to run CDC

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The White House is withdrawing Dave Weldon's nomination to be the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , a White House official confirmed Thursday .

Weldon , a vaccine critic, was set to appear before the Senate 's health committee on Thursday for his confirmation hearing.

The committee was expected to question him about his long record of criticizing vaccines.