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Conyers: Gupta not up to surgeon general post (Politico)

 
Politico - Barack Obama’s rumored pick of TV-star surgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta is drawing its first congressional fire, from a senior House Democrat who is rallying colleagues to oppose Gupta. (link)

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