WASHINGTON (AP) - He's been CNN's chief medical correspondent
for years. Now, two Democrats with knowledge of the discussions say Dr. Sanjay Gupta is under consideration for the post of U.S. surgeon general. But they caution President-elect Barack Obama hasn't made a final decision yet on who would fill the post.

CNN says it has kept Gupta from reporting on health care policy and other matters involving the incoming Obama administration since
learning he was under consideration for the post.

Gupta hosts "House Call'' on CNN, contributes reports to CBS News, and writes a column for Time magazine. He is a neurosurgeon and is on the faculty at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. During the Clinton administration, he was a White House fellow and special adviser to then-first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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