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Becerra's big challenge: Vaccinating Americans against virus

by Jonathan LemireLisa Mascaro
| December 7, 2020 5:03 PM

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — In choosing Xavier Becerra to be his health secretary, President-elect Joe Biden tapped a robust defender of the Affordable Care Act who will face questions about whether he possesses the health care and management experience needed to lead the massive effort to vaccinate a nation against a deadly pandemic.

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