Rodriguez: Troops in Liberia Will Be Protected From Ebola WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2014 – Soldiers deployed to Liberia to help with the Ebola outbreak there will receive the best equipment and training beforehand, be monitored on the ground and be screened before they go home, the commander of U.S. Africa Command said. Army Gen. David M. Rodriguez joined members of the Obama administration and medical experts in a news briefing held to reassure the American public after a traveler from West Africa was the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States. At the briefing, Rodriguez joined Lisa Monaco, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell, U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Rajiv Shah, and Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health. The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) could deploy up to 4,000 service members to Liberia as part of Operation United Assistance, Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby told reporters. There are 205 U.S. service members now in Liberia, and another 26 in neighboring Senegal, Kirby added. Full story: ow.ly/CkoMX
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 19:30:18 +0000
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