Pence Says He’s in Charge of U.S. Virus Response, Not HHS’s Azar
- Trump appointed Pence to take over U.S. response on Wednesday
- Vice President added Birx, top AIDS official, to virus team
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Vice President Mike Pence said he is now leading the government’s coronavirus task force instead of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar.
“I’m leading the task force,” Pence said Thursday at a meeting on the virus at HHS headquarters. “We’ll continue to rely on the secretary’s role as chairman of the task force and the leader of Health and Human Services.”