Barack Obama: “This is not a problem that is going to go away anytime soon.”

On the recordDecember 11, 2014

This is not a problem that is going to go away anytime soon.

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Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Senior Advisers To Discuss Ebola Preparedness and Containment Efforts and an Exchange With...

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