Physician at hurricane-battered Alabama bayou clinic picked for nation’s top doctor post

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. — Battered and flooded by Hurricane Katrina, this coastal Alabama fishing village was in wreckage four years ago when Dr. Regina Benjamin began assessing her patients’ needs. Trouble was, her little health clinic had been flooded and they couldn’t come to see her.

Obama, back from overseas, steps forcefully back into health care debate to revive overhaul

WASHINGTON — A defiant President Barack Obama sought Monday to revive his faltering plan to overhaul health care, delivering a full-throated promise to get comprehensive legislation and summoning lawmakers crucial to his effort to the White House.

Obama, back from overseas, steps forcefully back into health care debate

WASHINGTON — Back in the White House after a week overseas, President Barack Obama pressed Democratic leaders to pass health care legislation in both houses of Congress before August and expressed confidence about the ultimate outcome for his top domestic priority.

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