So in choosing Gupta , the TV star and neurosurgeon , President-elect Barack Obama seems to be reaching back to the era when C. Everett Koop was the straight-talking surgeon general advocating for the public 's health .
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So in choosing Gupta , the TV star and neurosurgeon , President-elect <m> Barack Obama </m> seems to be reaching back to the era when C. Everett Koop was the straight-talking surgeon general advocating for the public 's health .
So in choosing Gupta , the TV star and neurosurgeon , President-elect <m> Barack Obama </m> seems to be reaching back to the era when C. Everett Koop was the straight-talking surgeon general advocating for the public 's health .
As the WSJ notes , Gupta as a journalist is already a public figure who informs the nation about health .
Since CNN learned of Gupta 's candidacy , the cable network has made sure his on-air reporting has n't touched health-care policy or other subjects involving the new administration , the WSJ reports .