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- Robert Kadlec, the assistant secretary for preparedness and response at the US Department of Health and Human Services, failed to inform Congress of his long-standing relationship with Emergent Biosolutions, which received a contract worth more than $2 billion from his office.
- Kadlec, a retired Air Force colonel and a doctor, also helped launch a biodefense company, East West Protection, with Fuad El-Hibri, the founder and chairman of Emergent, The Washington Post reported.
- "My standing guidance for this contract, and all contracts, is to get the best value and most protection for the American people," Kadlec said in a statement.
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Robert Kadlec is the Trump administration official in charge of preparing for a biological disaster. Before that, however, he was a "strategic adviser" for a company called Emergent BioSolutions Inc., a fact he neglected to disclose before his office awarded the company a contract worth over $2 billion, according to a new report.
In a report on Monday, The Washington Post revealed that Kadlec, the assistant secretary for preparedness and response at the US Department of Health and Human Services, failed to inform Congress of his relationship with Emergent — and its founder, Fuad El-Hibri, with whom he helped launch a biodefense startup East West Protection.
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