President-elect Barack Obama has asked neurosurgeon and CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta to be U.S. surgeon general , a senior Democrat said on Tuesday .
be
['president-elect', 'barack', 'obama', 'ask', 'neurosurgeon', 'cnn', 'medical', 'correspondent', 'dr.', 'sanjay', 'gupta', 'u.s.', 'surgeon', 'general', 'senior', 'democrat', 'say', 'tuesday']
President-elect Barack Obama has asked neurosurgeon and CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta to <m> be </m> U.S. surgeon general , a senior Democrat said on Tuesday .
President-elect Barack Obama has asked neurosurgeon and CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta to <m> be </m> U.S. surgeon general , a senior Democrat said on Tuesday .
Gupta has been `` the Obama team 's first choice '' for the job , which would make the TV personality America 's top doctor , said the Democrat who is familiar with efforts by Obama to staff his pending administration .
The Washington Post 's online service , washingtonpost.com , first reported that Gupta had been offered the job , traditionally the U.S. top spokesman on matters of public health .