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swampland.blogs.time.com - 1/7/2009
Paging Doctor... Surgeon General?
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Apparently, Obama wants to name CNN's talking-head neurosurgeon, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, as Surgeon General. Gupta is an accomplished surgeon, Emory University medical professor and award-winning journalist, who has covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the tsunami in Sri Lanka. He's also not ...
voices.washingtonpost.com - 1/6/2009
Obama Wants Journalist Gupta for Surgeon General | 44
— voices.washingtonpost.com — President-elect Barack Obama has offered the job of surgeon general to Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the neurosurgeon and... correspondent for CNN and CBS, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation. Gupta has told administration officials that he ... (more) Obama Wants Journalist Gupta for Surgeon General | 44

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corner.nationalreview.com - 1/7/2009
Gupta for Surgeon General
— corner.nationalreview.com — The apparent selection of a health reporter for the post of Surgeon General is an acknowledgement of... the fact that the office now serves a purely educational function, and not a terribly serious one at that. It would be nice if that meant that the ... (more) Gupta for Surgeon General

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washingtonmonthly.com - 1/7/2009
Surgeon General Gupta?
— washingtonmonthly.com — SURGEON GENERAL GUPTA?.... I should concede at the outset that I don't watch CNN often, but I've... caught Dr. Sanjay Gupta on occasion, and he strikes me as quite capable in discussing medical issues. With that in mind, Barack Obama... (more) Surgeon General Gupta?

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Balloon Juice — ... seems to reflect the view inside the CIA, and suggests a tough confirmation hearing. I like Ben Smith, but I seriously doubt he has many sources inside the CIA. David Ignatius, who does (even if he’s a jackass in many ways), writes that the pick is viewed positively at Langley (as the kids like to say). Another new rule: people who have been on television should not serve in the cabinet. This is courtesy of Jay Newton-Small. Gupta is an accomplished surgeon, Emory University ...

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