General Eyeing Top Doc Job?
By
Bob Brewin
I'm picking up medium strength signals that retired <a href=http://www.health.mil/bioDetail.aspx?ID=4>Army Gen. Elder Granger</a>, who served as program executive officer for the TRICARE management activity in the Military Health System, would really like to become the next assistant secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, replacing Dr. S. Ward Casscells, who <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090430_7776.php>retired this April</a>.
I'm picking up medium strength signals that retired Army Gen. Elder Granger, who served as program executive officer for the TRICARE management activity in the Military Health System, would really like to become the next assistant secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, replacing Dr. S. Ward Casscells, who retired this April.
If not tapped for the job of the Defense top doc, I hear Granger has a fallback plan: He's angling to run the Veterans Health Administration.
Remember, this is speculation, but pretty well informed.
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