From USA Today:
"Obama to name Ron Klain as Ebola 'czar'"
President Obama will tap veteran government insider Ron Klain to coordinate his administration's efforts to contain the Ebola virus, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Friday.
Klain, a former chief of staff to vice presidents Joe Biden and Al Gore who is well known by Obama and White House aides, is being selected for his management experience and contacts throughout the government, Earnest said. Klain's appointment marks a swift turnabout for Obama, who until Thursday had resisted calls to appoint a single official to run the government's response to Ebola.
Asked Thursday about the prospect of an "Ebola czar," Obama told reporters: "It may make sense for us to have one person, in part just so that after this initial surge of activity we can have a more regular process just to make sure that we're crossing all the T's and dotting all the I's going forward." Obama did not specifically mention Klain's appointment during a Friday speech to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but said his administration is taking an "all-hands-on-deck" approach to fighting Ebola. The administration has come under increased pressure to name an anti-Ebola coordinator in the wake of news that two nurses in Dallas had contracted the deadly virus. Both had been treating a man who died of Ebola.
^ Obama has created more czars than Russia has and yet nothing seems to change. ^
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/10/17/obama-ebola-czar-ron-klain/17429121/
"Obama to name Ron Klain as Ebola 'czar'"
President Obama will tap veteran government insider Ron Klain to coordinate his administration's efforts to contain the Ebola virus, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Friday.
Klain, a former chief of staff to vice presidents Joe Biden and Al Gore who is well known by Obama and White House aides, is being selected for his management experience and contacts throughout the government, Earnest said. Klain's appointment marks a swift turnabout for Obama, who until Thursday had resisted calls to appoint a single official to run the government's response to Ebola.
Asked Thursday about the prospect of an "Ebola czar," Obama told reporters: "It may make sense for us to have one person, in part just so that after this initial surge of activity we can have a more regular process just to make sure that we're crossing all the T's and dotting all the I's going forward." Obama did not specifically mention Klain's appointment during a Friday speech to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but said his administration is taking an "all-hands-on-deck" approach to fighting Ebola. The administration has come under increased pressure to name an anti-Ebola coordinator in the wake of news that two nurses in Dallas had contracted the deadly virus. Both had been treating a man who died of Ebola.
^ Obama has created more czars than Russia has and yet nothing seems to change. ^
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/10/17/obama-ebola-czar-ron-klain/17429121/
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