Dr. Ben Carson is the 17th secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. After a successful career in medicine and a presidential run in 2016, he joined President Donald Trump to lead an agency that focuses on housing issues and lifting Americans out of poverty to a better life. The Daily Signal’s Rob Bluey and Ginny Montalbano spoke to Carson about his tenure at HUD and how’s he’s making a difference.

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