Ex-Bush health chief's firm wins Sept. 11 work

Courtesy washingtonpost.com - Health  Wed, 06/04/2008 - 19:25

WASHINGTON -- As President Bush's health chief, Tommy Thompson trumpeted millions of taxpayer dollars to help workers sickened by the Sept. 11 attacks at the World Trade Center, even amid complaints that his agency wasn't doing enough.

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