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Looking At Ben Carson's Tenure At HUD

NPR

Published August 2, 2017 at 1:52 PM EDT

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson testifies during a hearing before the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee June 7, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Ben Carson, secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, once said he wasn’t qualified to run a government agency because he had no government experience.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Politico reporter Lorraine Woellert (@Woellert)about Carson’s priorities, how he’s adjusting to the job and what might happen to the department under planned Trump administration budget cuts.