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The dispute stems from a tweet from Murthy in October 2012, in which he wrote: “Tired of politicians playing politics w/ guns, putting lives at risk b/c they’re scared of NRA. Guns are a health care issue.” Two weeks ago, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said on CNN: “Look, of course we should have a surgeon general in place. And we don’t have one because President Obama, instead of nominating a health professional, he nominated someone who is an anti-gun activist.”

Dr. Richard Carmona, a former surgeon general, told the Boston Globe that the “right” person in the position “could be a unifying force” during the Ebola situation. Murthy earned a bachelor’s in biomechanical sciences from Harvard, and an MBA and his medical degree from Yale. He teaches at Harvard Medical School and is a physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

Q: What happened to Jennifer Mayerle, who was a reporter on CBS Atlanta?

—Jerome Bernhardt, Marietta

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Mayerle left CBS 46 in April, after eight years at the Atlanta station, to join WCCO-TV, a CBS affiliate in Minneapolis. She had interned there and she is a native of Edina, Minn. You can follow her on Twitter at

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