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GOP Preventing Confirmation Vote for Surgeon General

By | 10.26.09 | 2:01 pm

Following up on Daphne’s piece about the hold-up on Dawn Johnsen’s nomination to head the Office of Legal Counsel, this Roll Call story by Jessica Brady got published on Saturday, so it hasn’t received much attention. It should. Regina Benjamin, the president’s nominee for surgeon general, More…

Report: Obama to Tap CNN Doc Gupta for Surgeon General

By | 01.06.09 | 4:51 pm

President-elect Barack Obama has offered the post of surgeon general to neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta, who is better known for his work as a CNN correspondent, The Washington Post reports.