Obama Lauds Progress in Ebola Fight as U.S. Troops Brought Home
Was U.S. Role in Combating Ebola Successful?
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President Barack Obama lauded the “enormous progress” made in stemming an Ebola outbreak in West Africa and said the U.S. is making a transition from fighting the epidemic on an emergency basis to extinguishing it.
Obama said the U.S. is pulling almost all of its military personnel from the region, where they have been helping run supply chains, set up care centers and train health-care workers. By the end of April, only about 100 of the 2,800 troops deployed will remain in western Africa. Civilian workers from the U.S. will remain to provide medical care.