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Eliot Engel: “The alternative is simply unacceptable.”

On the recordSeptember 16, 2014
The alternative is simply unacceptable.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Engel stresses the urgency of addressing the Ebola outbreak to avoid dire consequences.

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