04/29/2009
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"President Obama implicitly acknowledged this last month when he called for an international effort in the surveillance and management of infectious disease, whatever the origin of the plague."
"this should force us to make priority judgments, and by any number of standards this is a priority for us."
"That ought to get our attention, and some of those--am I right?--are not that complicated to make, to bring together."
"I would urge the Congress to play its role as a co-equal branch of government--Congress writes the laws."