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From the Dept. of Good News For a Change: Obama's Surgeon General Pick Totally Rocks

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Politics. July 13, 2009.
Dr. Regina Benjamin's bio reads like a Bizarro World version of a Bush-era appointee bio, i.e. that of a qualified and profoundly admirable person.

Sanjay Gupta Withdraws Name, Out of Running for Surgeon General

Rachel Weiner, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. March 5, 2009.
"The general consensus from everybody is Gupta is no longer in contention ... it's more he's withdrawing himself."

In Defense of the Sanjay Gupta Appointment

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. January 9, 2009.
I understand the critiques launched by Paul Krugman, John Conyers and others -- but I think Gupta is an inspired choice.

Sanjay Gupta: What the Next Surgeon General Doesn't Know About Pot

Russ Belville, NORML. January 8, 2009.
The next surgeon general needs to stop putting politics before science. Gupta may not be ready for that.

Krugman Has a Problem with Sanjay Gupta

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Health and Wellness. January 7, 2009.
As do a few other folks ...

Obama Wants CNN's Sanjay Gupta to Be Surgeon General?

Nico Pitney, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. January 6, 2009.
Gupta hosts "House Call" on CNN, contributes reports to CBS News, and writes a column for Time magazine.