Obama to Set Up ’Military Assets’ to Fight Ebola Outbreak in Africa

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US President Barack Obama said helping contain the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa is an American "national security priority" but it's going to be a long and difficult task, in an interview on Sunday.

In an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press," Obama said, "What I've said, and I said this two months ago to our National Security Team, is we have to make this a national security priority."

"We're going to have to get US military assets just to set up, for example, isolation units and equipment there, to provide security for public health workers surging from around the world," he said.

Obama further said as "US military assets" are needed in the fight against the Ebola outbreak in Africa, even then, he said, ‘‘It's still going to be months before this problem is controllable in Africa.''

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