HHS Assigns Deputy Health Attaché to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad

February 19, 2008 – RADM Craig Vanderwagen, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), welcomes CDR Derwent “Buck” Daniel of the HHS Health Resources and Services Administration before his assignment to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, as Deputy Health Attaché. (Photo by Chris Smith, HHS)

February 19, 2008 – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has assigned CDR Derwent “Buck” Daniel of the HHS Health Resources and Services Administration to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.  CDR Daniel has most recently been serving at a Community Health Center in West Blocton, Alabama, and will join the incumbent Health Attaché, CDR Bruno Himmler, as part of the health team at the Embassy.  All of us at HHS thank CDR Daniel for his service, and look forward to his reports from the field.

Last revised: February 22, 2008