[216], In 2021, Carson founded the American Cornerstone Institute or ACI, a conservative think tank centered around advancing policies that promote "faith, liberty, community, and life". Regarding the Ukrainian crisis, Carson would send arms to Ukraine to aid it in its fight against pro-Russian rebels. Early Life - The Life and Career of Ben Carson [10], Carson gained national fame among political conservatives after delivering a speech at the 2013 National Prayer Breakfast which was perceived as critical of the policies of President Barack Obama. [190], In summer 2017, Carson allowed his son, Baltimore businessman, Ben Carson Jr., to participate in organizing a HUD "listening tour" in Baltimore. [27][28] At the age of five, his mother learned that his father had a prior family and had not divorced his first wife. Renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson is the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, appointed by President Donald Trump. At an event last Friday in Arkansas, Carson was asked about his shifting. Articles, books, business relationships, media posts, Background and increasing political visibility, Further activities during the 2016 election, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Remarks on transgender use of homeless shelters. Ben Carson | Biography & Facts | Britannica What happened to Ben Carson's older brother Curtis? - Answers Ben Carson was born on September 15, 1951 in Detroit, Michigan. "[77], In the summers following his high school graduation until his second year in medical school, Carson worked at a variety of jobs: as a clerk in the payroll office of Ford Motor Company, supervisor of a six-person crew picking up trash along the highway under a federal jobs program for inner-city students, a clerk in the mailroom of Young & Rubicam Advertising, assembling fender parts and inspecting back window louvers on the assembly line at Chrysler, a crane operator at Sennett Steel, and finally a radiology technician taking X-rays.

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