Baldwin County's Own Dr. Regina Benjamin will be sworn in Monday as U.S. surgeon general - al.com

Dr. Regina Benjamin will be sworn in Monday as U.S. surgeon general - al.com: "WASHINGTON -- More than 500 people -- including a healthy sprinkling from Alabama -- are expected to be on hand Monday afternoon when Dr. Regina Benjamin is formally sworn in as the 18th U.S. surgeon general.

The ceremony, to be held at the National Museum of the American Indian near the Capitol, will include Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Benjamin's predecessor, Dr. Richard Carmona, according to Lt. Kate Migliaccio, a spokeswoman for the surgeon general's office."