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President Obama Requests $6 Billion To Fight Ebola

Right before President Barack Obama held his post-election news conference yesterday, he sent a request to Congress for more than $6 billion to help fight the Ebola epidemic.

Juliet Eilperin, White House correspondent for The Washington Post, joins Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson to discuss what that money will go towards.

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