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Dr. Nancy Snyderman | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

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Dr. Nancy Snyderman

Well it's about time. Nine months after the inauguration of President Obama, we finally have our Surgeon General. And it couldn't have come soon enough.

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The Surgeon General Is Confirmed!

Linda Bergthold | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

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Linda Bergthold

Dr. Regina Benjamin has finally been confirmed for the post of Surgeon General. And the reasons for the delay have been varied, contradictory, and byzantine.

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Why Don't We Have a Surgeon General?

Linda Bergthold | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

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Linda Bergthold

There is something terribly wrong when a political minority can hold up a nomination that has the potential to affect a nation's health.

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Comical View: Fat Is the New Black!

Erica Watson | Posted 10.06.2009 | Comedy

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Erica Watson

I chose comedy because everyone knows that sassy, fat black women are funny. Being the butt of the joke is what we do best, right?

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Did Jenny Craig Stir the Pot About Dr. Regina Benjamin's Weight?

Sybil Adelman Sage | Posted 08.24.2009 | Comedy

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Sybil Adelman Sage

It's my suspicion that the controversy about President Obama's nominee for Surgeon General may have been instigated by Jenny Craig with the hope of attracting Dr. Benjamin to become a spokesperson.

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Too Fat to Be a Surgeon General?

Linda Bergthold | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

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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, New Surgeon General

bloomberg.com | Jonathan D. Salant and Kate Andersen | Posted 08.13.2009 | Living

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Regina Benjamin, a specialist in rural health care who founded a clinic to serve the poor along Alabama's Gulf Coast, was named by President Barack Ob...

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Obama Picks Black Woman to Be Surgeon General

Essence | Essence | Posted 08.13.2009 | Home

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 President Barack Obama has picked a Black woman who is a rural Alabama family physician to be surgeon general. Dr. Regina Benjamin, who made hea...

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Obama to Appoint Regina Benjamin Surgeon General

Daily Intel. | Daily Intel | Posted 08.13.2009 | Home

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The Alabama rural health expert's new appointment will be announced later today....

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Regina Benjamin, Obama's Pick For Surgeon General

AP | DESIREE HUNTER and LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

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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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