**FILE ** In this file handout photo provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Dr. Regina Benjamin poses for a portrait in the waiting room at her temporary clinic in Bayou La Batre, Ala. Thursday, Sept.18, 2008. The Associated Press has learned that President Barack Obama has chosen Dr. Regina Benjamin, to be the next surgeon general. (AP Photo/The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Bill Starling)
