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Neurosurgeon and former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

United StatesPoliticiansBorn 1951 · age 75
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Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. is an American retired neurosurgeon, academic, author, and government official who served as the 17th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2017 to 2021. A pioneer in the field of neurosurgery, he was a candidate in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries.

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Ben Carson
said · Feb 9, 2016
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We've been conditioned to think that only politicians can solve our problems.

Said in a Fox Business interview (February 9, 2016)

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Ben Carson
said · Nov 10, 2015
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We need to be thinking about: How do we allow people to ascend the ladder of opportunity, rather than how do we give them everything and keep them dependent.

Fourth Republican debate (10 November 2015).

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Ben Carson
said · Nov 6, 2015
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We'd be Cuba if there were no Fox News.

As quoted in "Carson: 'We'd be Cuba if there were no Fox News'", CNN (November 6, 2015)

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Awards 5

2008Presidential Medal of Freedom
2006Spingarn Medal
2004honorary degree from Spelman College
Library of Congress Living Legend
Horatio Alger Award

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Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. is an American retired neurosurgeon, academic, author, and government official who served as the 17th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2017 to 2021. A pioneer in the field of neurosurgery, he was a candidate in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries. Carson is one of the most prominent black conservatives in the United States.

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Born 1951 · age 75
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