By PUMA Pundit on July 13, 2009
I guess since celebrity Sanjay Gupta turned him down, Obama had to go with a lower profile individual… A good distraction from the Sonia Sotomayor hearings? Maybe…
Reuters
President Barack Obama has selected Dr. Regina Benjamin, an Alabama family physician, as the U.S. surgeon general, an administration official said on Monday.
Obama was to announce Benjamin as the [...]
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By PUMA Pundit on March 5, 2009
Not that he was qualified or anything, but it seems the Obama brand is fading fast… CNN
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s chief medical correspondent, has withdrawn his name from consideration as surgeon general of the United States, an administration official said Thursday.
“Sanjay Gupta was under serious consideration for the job of surgeon general,” the official said [...]
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By PUMA Pundit on January 6, 2009
It seems Obama’s choice for Surgeon General is Sanjay Gupta, the medical doctor who is also a reporter for CNN. I guess folks like the head of the CDC, Dr. Julie Gerberding have nothing to offer…
Oh well, the good news is that William Shatner is going to be named head of NASA and that guy [...]
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