Being from both a network and magazine that shills for the incoming president certainly has its benefits. According to the Washington Post‘s Howard Kurtz, CNN correspondent and Time contributor Sanjay Gupta has been offered the job of Surgeon General in the Obama Administration.

President-elect Barack Obama has offered the job of surgeon general to Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the neurosurgeon and correspondent for CNN and CBS, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation.

Gupta has told administration officials that he wants the job, and the final vetting process is under way. He has asked for a few days to figure out the financial and logistical details of moving his family from Atlanta to Washington but is expected to accept the offer.

When reached for comment today, Gupta did not deny the account but declined to comment.

This wouldn’t be Gupta’s first time working in a Democratic administration. He worked in the Clinton White House during the 90s, crafting policy and writing speeches for the First Lady.

Gupta, who hosts “House Call” on CNN, has discussed the job offer with his bosses at CBS and CNN to make sure he could be released from his contractual obligations, the sources said.

I’m sure they’re willing to oblige him. After all, he’d be leaving in order to serve The One.

Via Hot Air Headlines.

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