Obama May Name ‘Czar’ to Oversee Ebola Response

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Fri, 2014-10-17 10:53 — mike kraft

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By JACK HEALY, SABRINA TAVERNISE and ABBY GOODNOUGH

DALLAS — President Obama raised the possibility on Thursday that he might appoint an “Ebola czar” to manage the government’s response to the deadly virus as anxiety grew over the air travel of an infected nurse.

Schools closed in two states, hospitals and airlines kept employees home from work, and Americans debated how much they should worry about a disease that has captured national attention but has so far infected only three people here.....

Jeff Hulbert if Annapolis, MD, protesting Thursda against flights from West Africa, was a tourist attraction in front of the White House. --poto by Mladen Antonio/Agence FrancePress --Getty Images

Mr. Obama spoke Thursday night after meeting with several top aides working on the Ebola issue.

“It may be appropriate for me to appoint an additional person, not because they haven’t been doing an outstanding job, really working hard on this issue, but they are also responsible for a whole bunch of other stuff,” Mr. Obama told reporters.

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