Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS, 17th U.S. Surgeon General and distinguished professor of public health at the UA Zuckerman College of Public Health, recently garnered national headlines when he and two fellow surgeon generals testified before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the main investigative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Dr. Carmona gave testimony, along with C. Everett Koop, MD, ScD and David Satcher, MD, PhD, about how political agendas, ideology and theology have interfered with the efficient workings of the Office of the Surgeon General, marginalizing the efforts of the Office and the United States Public Health Service.

See video and transcripts here. A sampling of local, national and international stories related to this testimony are listed below.

Local News
White House muzzled me, Carmona says (Dr. Richard Carmona)
(Arizona Daily Star)

Finally, Carmona speaks out on his muzzling (Dr. Richard Carmona)
(Arizona Daily Star)

Carmona says administration muzzled him (Dr. Richard Carmona)
(Tucson Citizen)

The big debate: Carmona speaks out (Dr. Richard Carmona)
(Tucson Citizen)

Our Opinion: Muzzling Dr. Carmona
(Tucson Citizen)

Guest opinion: Carmona victim of faith-based policies
(Tucson Citizen)

Editorial: Outrageous muzzling undermines Carmona (Dr. Richard Carmona)
(Green Valley News)

Dr Richard Carmona upset with politics (July 10)
(KMSB-TV 11, 9 p.m. news)

National News
Politics threatens credibility
(Scripps News - Washington,DC)

Politicizing health 'Nation's doctor' becomes political tool
(Bradenton Herald)

The Cost of a Principled Resignation
(Washington Post)

Was nothing real?
(Xenia Gazette)

Father knows best
(Salt Lake Tribune)

Editorials, Opinion Pieces Address Recent Congressional Testimony ...
(Kaiser network.org)

The Doctor Who Didn't Know When to Quit
(Washington Post)

Ideology meets medicine
Berkshire Eagle - Pittsfield,MA,USA

Editorials: Trib takes
(Albuquerque Tribune)

Muzzling the nation's doctor
(TriCities.com)

I told you so: Bush's damage staggering
(The Capital Times - Madison, WI)

The politics of sex
(Boston Globe)

CAUCUS POLITICS FROM CT TO DC
(Hartford Courant)

Surgeon General Sees 4-year Term as Compromised
(New York Times)

Joycelyn Elders on the Clash of Politics, Science
(Newsweek)

The Surgeon General, Muzzled (6 Letters)
(New York Times)

Science Will Not Get Best Of Bush
(TheDay - New London,CT)

Ex-Surgeon General Says Administration Interfered
(NPR)

Surgeon General Nominee Grilled
(TIME)

Surgeons general in political context
(Los Angeles Times)

No room for a muzzle
(Cincinnati Post)

State editorial roundup
(Houston Chronicle)

Dr. Carmona, heal thyself Henry Miller
(Washington Times)

Call a doctor, not a politician, for medical advice
(The Decatur Daily)

Keep politics out of medicine
(Citizens Voice - Wilkes-Barre,PA)

A doctor's advice
(San Francisco Chronicle)

The surgeon general, Jerry Nadler, etc.
(The Weekly Standard)

Even surgeon general had to bow to Bush agenda
Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Surgeon Generals say Enough with the Politics, they want Science
(Technocrat.net - Boston,MA)

Former Surgeon General: Gov't Squelched Health Reports
(Truthdig)

News Roundup: Chertoff's Fears, Wall Street's Woes
(The Gate - National Journal)

Political Interference in Public Health
(RH Reality Check )

The Buzz: Dick Morris says Bush faces "a stark choice"
(Kansas City Star)

Today's Hot Topics: Iraq; The Surgeon General
(Washington Post)

International News
Carmona Says Administration Muzzled Him
(Guardian Unlimited - UK)

US agency warned over threatening whistleblowers
(Reuters)

White House ideology takes precedence over science
(Malaysia Sun)

Bush Endangers US Health
(Prensa Latina - Havana,Cuba)