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Were critical tweets the undoing of one Silicon Valley candidate to head FDA?

By Sheila Kaplan Jan. 17, 2017

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FDA; Drug Administration campus
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It was a rookie mistake.

Washingtonians know that before one’s name is floated as a candidate to run a federal agency, it’s imperative to delete one’s nasty tweets about said agency.

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Sheila Kaplan

Senior Writer, Washington

Sheila Kaplan is a senior writer for STAT, covering the intersection of science, money, and politics.

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