Dr. Regina Benjamin
(RTTNews) - Dr. Regina Benjamin received Senate confirmation late Thursday to serve as U.S. surgeon general, making her only the third African-American to hold the position.
She was nominated for the position by President Barack Obama back on July 13 and received unanimous approval during the confirmation vote Thursday night.
At a press conference in July when her nomination was announced, Benjamin said she would “be a voice in the movement to improve our nation’s health care, and our nation’s health, for the future.”
Commenting on Benjamin’s confirmation, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said, “Dr. Benjamin will quickly become America’s doctor as our next Surgeon General. Her deep knowledge and strong medical skills, her commitment to her patients, and her ability to inspire the people she interacts with every day will serve her well as Surgeon General.”
Sebelius added, “She will be an integral part of our H1N1 response effort, and America can expect to see her very soon communicating important information about how to stay healthy and safe this flu season.”
Benjamin’s confirmation took as long as it did because Senate Republicans had blocked her confirmation after the Obama administration barred those insurance companies that take part in the Medicare program from arguing to seniors that Obama’s proposed healthcare reform could mean benefit cuts.
Before receiving the nomination, Benjamin had served as a board member of the American Medical Association. She was the only African-American to serve on the board.
She had also served as chairwoman of the AMA’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs.
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(source RTTNews.com)
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December 22, 2009
From: Mr. Alexander Simon
E-Mail: alexandersimonea@gmail.com
Sir William Place,
Apartment 305.
8820 – 85 Street,
Edmonton, Alberta
CANADA T6C 3C2
Residential Phone: 780/466-9719
Dear Ms. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin of Bayou La Batre, Ala.:
“NAW – WHAT’S UP MOM?”
Mr. David Feldman, Author of How Does Aspirin Find A Headache?
Press Release: Immediate!!
Regarding Article 69:
‘Why Did The Rabbit Die When A Pregnant Woman Took The Rabbit Test’(?).
Pregnancy: “The condition of developing embryo in fetus in the body after union of an ovum and spermatozoon,”: as per Dorland’s 23rd Medical Dictionary Edition; and the “Presumptive signs are amenorrhea; nausea and vomiting, inordinate appetite, pigmentation of the areola of the breasts …”; as part of the 14th Edition of Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary; now this Standard Detection cannot be verified by urine as in this humor mostly claim-to-fame paperback worth a read.
A rabbit as any veterinarian can confirm; this to me is a near marsupial in conducting their mating in which a doe and deer find consummation during the latter period of menstrual end on the 21st usual time and in the evening as per The Autobahn Society of the world. As for their urine it can bring no known positive confirmation of expectancy in any woman.
The Inventor of this “Rabbit Test,” a Mr. Maurice Harold Friedman, to find an expectant Hare is a simple matter; to … “positive a result” … never inject a pretty Hare with anything but a big carrot to eat; so to be a Bud to Edwin The Wabbit exhale the negative and poo away the hurt and pellet away a great day with humor!
A heart felt hello to your new tenure!
Written by Mr. Alexander Simon,
All Birth Certified and True,
And never a CRIMINAL RECORD!
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