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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced today that Benjamin Carson, a physician who served as Housing and Urban Development secretary in the first Trump administration, was sworn in as the ...

September 25, 2025 - Washington, D.C. - On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released the following: Today, U.S.

Former Housing and Urban Development secretary and noted neurosurgeon Ben Carson has been named a national nutrition, health and housing adviser at the Agriculture Department.

Ben Carson has been sworn in as the National Advisor for Nutrition, Health, and Housing at the Department of Agriculture.