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CNN's Dr Sanjay Gupta reporting by videophone from the 'Devil Docs' field hospital.
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/6/2009
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So apparently Obama plans to appoint CNN's Sanjay
Gupta as Surgeon General. I don't have a problem...
with Gupta's qualifications. But I do remember his mugging of Michael Moore over Sicko. You don't have to like Moore or his film; but Gupta specifically ...
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The trouble with Sanjay Gupta
blogs.abcnews.com - 1/8/2009
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A "Dear Colleague" letter was sent from Rep.
John Conyers, D-Mich., chair of the House Judiciary Committee,...
to other members of Congress to solicit signature for a letter to the President-elect protesting the notion of a Surgeon General Dr. Sanjay...
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Conyers Vs. Gupta. Oh, It's On.
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Obama taps Sanjay Gupta for Surgeon General?
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... surgeon general in history and would have an expanded role in providing health policy advice, the sources said. Gupta later spoke with Tom Daschle, Obama’s White House health czar and nominee for Health and Human Services secretary, and other advisers to the president-elect. As I understand it, the Surgeon General essentially serves as White House press secretary on health matters. Who better to name as your medical media mouthpiece than … a medical media mouthpiece? Besides, he assisted in battlefield ...
Obama To Tap CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta For Surgeon General … But Hold On A Sec - w/Video
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
... still remember looking over at my producer Stephanie Smith and watching her begin to cry, which of course made me cry as well. This story, though, is more than a story about one Marine who lived, when so many thought he would die. It is about the remarkable technology and brilliant thinking that has brought the wounded of this war to doctors and nurses faster than ever before. This is a story about brave men and women who risk their lives every day so they might save others.
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I understand the critiques launched by Paul Krugman , John Conyers and others against Sanjay Gupta -- he did accuse Michael Moore of "fudging the facts" in Sicko when Moore had done no such thing. But in the end he apologized and ...
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firstread.msnbc.msn.com 1/8/2009 —
From NBC's Mike Viqueira Rep. John Conyers , Michigan Democrat and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, urging Obama not to tap Dr. Sanjay Gupta for Surgeon General.
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