Obama Will Be Awarded Most Of Emergency Ebola Funding Request, Sen. Graham Says

Associated Press: Obama to get most of $6.2B request to fight Ebola
“President Barack Obama will be awarded the bulk of his $6.2 billion request to fight Ebola in Africa, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee said Thursday. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Thursday that Obama won’t get the full $1.5 billion he requested for a contingency fund but he’s getting the green light for other portions of the request…” (Taylor, 12/4).

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