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CDC director says he pushed to keep U.S. experts in Ebola zone but was overruled

The director of @CDCgov said he argued that American experts should stay in outbreak zone of the latest Ebola epidemic but was overridden by others in the Trump administration.
Young Congolese girls look at a poster explaining the symptoms of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

WASHINGTON — The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday that he argued that American experts should stay in the outbreak zone of but was overridden by others in the Trump administration because of security concerns.

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