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prima:Lester Martínez López assumes new role as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs: “I feel very prepared”

After waiting 16 months for confirmation, he has become the second Puerto Rican to head the health area in that department

May 29, 2023 - 5:46 PM

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Martínez López was promoted for the position by the diaspora organization Group 21. The White House contacted him early in the four-year period. About two months later, President Biden announced his appointment. (Suministrada)

Washington- Puerto Rican Lester Martínez López, a family physician and retired U.S. Army Major General, assumed the role of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic emergency was still not over, a crisis that not even Pentagon could avoid.

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