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...that is really the bulk of the job (though the Washington Post reports that Gupta has been offered a concurrent position in the new White House Office of Health Reform), though most surgeons general have been largely invisible since the days of Ronald Reagan's C. Everett Koop, who spoke out often against the dangers of smoking. Bill Clinton's Joycelyn Elders got into hot water for advocating the teaching of masturbation, while George W. Bush's Richard H. Carmona admitted to getting a gag order from the White House on anything that didn't match the Administration's politics...
...first to be born in the 1980s. The 27-year-old Illinois Republican is already a political veteran: he won a seat on Peoria's school board at 19, rose to school-board president at 23 and then won two terms in the Illinois state legislature. He spoke with TIME about his early success, reaching out to Gen Y voters and the odds of having any fun in Washington...
...result is her compelling new anthology, The Secret Currency of Love: The Unabashed Truth About Women, Money, and Relationships (William Morrow). In it, a number of prominent female writers (including Julia Glass, Laurie Abraham and Joni Evans) spill the beans about money in their own lives. Black spoke by phone from her home in New York City to TIME senior reporter Andrea Sachs...
...After Israel began its offensive in Gaza 12 days ago, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Arab leaders in Syria, Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia to promote a cease-fire. He also spoke to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and this week Erdogan's Foreign Minister is promoting truce proposals at the United Nations, where Turkey is starting a two-year term as a member of the Security Council...
...speculation run rampant. In short, they helped lay the groundwork for the Great Depression. In Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World, investment manager Liaquat Ahamed tells the story of these men - a tale with plenty to resonate with today's economic malaise. TIME's Barbara Kiviat spoke with...