MIAMI (AP) — The dated gold and silver trophies packed in the china cabinet of Dr. Vivek Murthy’s childhood home still boast the surgeon general’s many talents, from dance performances to math competitions.
Growing up in a Florida suburb, it seemed to his family that Murthy could succeed at just about anything.
But when a middle school world history teacher suggested he might one day make a good secretary of state, his mom staged an intervention.
“She got really worried,” Murthy said in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press last month, while his mom giggled at his retelling of the story. “She called my dad. She said, ‘You need to come
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