Opioids: The Crisis of Our Lifetime
Eric Hargan
Eric Hargan  is about to get a demotion  and  he  is just fine with that.
The acting secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services is more than thrilled to go back to the position  he  originally held. President Trump tapped him to lead the agency after Tom Price resigned when scrutiny of his travel habits revealed a taste for the excess.
Alex Azar is the president's new choice to run HHS.  Hargan  sat for this interview as Azar faced his first Senate confirmation hearing on Nov. 29.  Hargan  has held the position since early October  but this is certainly not  his  first rodeo at HHS. From 2003 to 2007   he  served here under then-President George W. Bush.
 Hargan  is a man grounded in  his  family's roots in Mound City  a small southern Illinois town just across the Ohio River from Kentucky where  his  parents not only advocated for a lifetime in public service but also led by example.
 He  said: "I grew up on a farm  my father held different local elected offices from county commissioner to school board  and my mother worked in a variety of healthcare roles throughout her life; first at St. Mary's hospital  which is no longer there  and then at the Cairo Community Health Clinic. All total  a career serving her community's healthcare that spanned 58 years."
 Hargan  faced reporters at the White House almost three weeks ago to discuss Trump's decision to donate his third-quarter salary to HHS in order to combat the opioid crisis.  Hargan  said the donation would be used for the planning and design of a large-scale public awareness campaign about opioid addiction.
" His  decision to donate  his  salary is a tribute to  his  compassion  to  his  patriotism and  his  sense of duty to the American people "  he  said.
[TGT]is about to get a demotion  and  [TGT]  is just fine with that.
The acting secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services is more than thrilled to go back to the position  he  originally held. President Trump tapped him to lead the agency after Tom Price resigned when scrutiny of his travel habits revealed a taste for the excess.
Alex Azar is the president's new choice to run HHS.  [TGT]  sat for this interview as Azar faced his first Senate confirmation hearing on Nov. 29.  [TGT]has held the position since early October  but this is certainly not  [TGT]  first rodeo at HHS. From 2003 to 2007   he  served here under then-President George W. Bush.
 [TGT]is a man grounded in  [TGT]  family's roots in Mound City  a small southern Illinois town just across the Ohio River from Kentucky where  [TGT]  parents not only advocated for a lifetime in public service but also led by example.
 [TGT]  said: "I grew up on a farm  my father held different local elected offices from county commissioner to school board  and my mother worked in a variety of healthcare roles throughout her life; first at St. Mary's hospital  which is no longer there  and then at the Cairo Community Health Clinic. All total  a career serving her community's healthcare that spanned 58 years."
 Hargan  faced reporters at the White House almost three weeks ago to discuss Trump's decision to donate his third-quarter salary to HHS in order to combat the opioid crisis.  Hargan  said the donation would be used for the planning and design of a large-scale public awareness campaign about opioid addiction.
" His  decision to donate  his  salary is a tribute to  his  compassion  to  his  patriotism and  his  sense of duty to the American people "  he  said.