White House Withdraws Nominee for C.D.C. Director

The White House has decided to withdraw the nomination of its pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Dave Weldon, a Republican former congressman, who was to have appeared at a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday morning, according to a White House official and an administration official.

Dr. Weldon, who learned of the decision last night, said he had been told by a White House official that “they didn’t have the votes to confirm” his nomination.