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White House asks Congress for $1.4B to fight Ebola outbreak
Key takeaways
- The Ebola funding is part of a much larger $87.6 billion request to pay for the Iran war and other priorities.
- White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought made the request in a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).
- These funds would be used to limit the spread of Ebola beyond the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda to other vulnerable nations and ensure the virus does not reach U.S. shores, Vought wrote in the letter.
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The Ebola funding is part of a much larger $87.6 billion request to pay for the Iran war and other priorities.
White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought made the request in a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).
These funds would be used to limit the spread of Ebola beyond the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda to other vulnerable nations and ensure the virus does not reach U.S. shores, Vought wrote in the letter.
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