Obama Wants Gupta For Surgeon General
Celeste DelGado | Jan 06, 2009 | Comments 0
The Washington Post tells us more about President-Elect Obama’s pick for Surgeon General:
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 wants the job, and the final vetting process is under way. He has asked for a few days to figure out the financial and logistical details of moving his family from Atlanta to Washington but is expected to accept the offer.
Gupta would indeed be an interesting pick. Aside from Hillary Clinton, he’s probably got the most name recognition of anyone nominated for an Obama cabinet post.
On the downside, there are miles and miles of transcripts of Gupta on CNN that Republicans can throw at him during confirmation hearings.
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