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Rob Portman: “CDC was on the ground with a relatively small number of people relatively early, but it also got out of control.”

On the recordNovember 18, 2014
CDC was on the ground with a relatively small number of people relatively early, but it also got out of control.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

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Discussing the CDC's response to the Ebola outbreak.

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