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Kathianne
03-05-2009, 07:09 PM
Another Obama pick bites the dust:

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=7017435&page=1


Dr. Gupta Withdraws Name for Surgeon General
CNN Doctor Prefers to Stay at the Network, Leaving Another Unexpected Vacancy for Obama Team

By KATE BARRETT
March 5, 2009 —

Sanjay Gupta says he is no longer in the running to be the nation's next surgeon general, CNN reported today, as President Obama brought health care to center stage.

CNN cited his desire to continue working instead as a neurosurgeon and CNN medical analyst. His wife is pregnant with their third child.

It has been two months since ABC News first learned that Obama was paging CNN journalist Dr. Sanjay Gupta to become the nation's next surgeon general.

Since early January, several people have speculated about what was taking the celebrity doctor so long to answer the call.

And despite some concerns about Gupta's qualifications, some said the reason the surgeon general selection had not been formally announced since Gupta's name leaked on Jan. 6 may not have had anything to do with Gupta himself.....

Yurt
03-05-2009, 07:10 PM
did he not pay his taxes?

sgtdmski
03-05-2009, 07:25 PM
He probably had to rush to pay his back taxes leaving him in need of money, so instead of taking a pay cut decided to stay at his job especially with the third child on the way, he will need the extra income form CNN.

dmk

hjmick
03-05-2009, 08:26 PM
It seems as though Annette Nazareth has decided she doesn't want the job as Timothy Geithner's chief deputy and has withdrawn from consideration as well. Busy day within the administration.

Treasury secretary's choice for deputy withdraws (http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090305/geithner_choice_withdraws.html?.v=1)

Kind of reminds me of rats fleeing a sinking ship.

PostmodernProphet
03-05-2009, 09:59 PM
did he not pay his taxes?

obviously he decided that the surgeon general's position was not worth paying his taxes for......