Obama Surgeon General

Surgeon General Regina Benjamin: 'I Struggle With My Weight' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama's surgeon general spoke frankly with ABC News Monday, saying that she struggles with her own weight. "I'm just like 67 percent of Ame...

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Too Fat to Be a Surgeon General?

Linda Bergthold | Posted 05.25.2011

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Linda Bergthold

The National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance has taken up the cause of defending Surgeon General Nominee Benjamin. The discrimination against people of "weight" is real, and it is not something to joke about.

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Regina Benjamin, Obama's Pick for surgeon general

AP | DESIREE HUNTER and LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. — When Hurricane Katrina wrecked the little clinic here in the coastal backwaters of Alabama, Dr. Regina Benjamin laid out ...

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Code Blue: Office of the Surgeon General

Archelle Georgiou | Posted 05.25.2011

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With the nation poised to take on health reform, the incoming Surgeon General will have the added responsibility of educating and advocating for Americans on the redesign of the health care system.

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Sam Stein

Conyers: Obama Should Not Nominate Sanjay Gupta

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. John Conyers has written a letter to Democratic colleagues urging them to join him in publicly opposing the nomination of Dr. Sanjay Gupta for Su...

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