Ammon News - The White House has withdrawn President Trump's nomination of Dr. Janette Nesheiwat for U.S. surgeon general, and Mr. Trump announced a new pick on social media Wednesday.

Nesheiwat's confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee had been scheduled for Thursday. The office of Sen. Bernie Sanders, the ranking Democrat on the committee, confirmed earlier Wednesday that her nomination was being withdrawn.

Mr. Trump posted that he intended to nominate Dr. Casey Means to be surgeon general, touting her "MAHA," or Make America Healthy Again, credentials. Means, an entrepreneur and wellness influencer, is close to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and was favored among Kennedy's allies to be picked over Neshiewat. CBS