Article: Regina Benjamin, a family physician who founded a clinic to serve the rural poor along Alabama's Gulf Coast, has been nominated by President Barack Obama to be U.S. surgeon general.(Tracking Washington)(Brief article)

Regina Benjamin, a family physician who founded a clinic to serve the rural poor along Alabama's Gulf Coast, has been nominated by President Barack Obama to be U.S. surgeon general. Obama used the announcement last week to emphasize his commitment to passage this year of legislation overhauling the nation's healthcare system, and said Benjamin would be a crucial voice in the debate. "For nearly two decades, Doctor Regina Benjamin has seen in a very personal way what is broken about our healthcare system," Obama said at the White House. She "also represents what's best about health care in America: doctors and nurses who give and care and ...

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