ALJAZEERA: President Barack Obama is naming Ron Klain, a former chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden, as the point man for the U.S. government’s response to the Ebola crisis, amid criticism the government’s response to the virus has been sluggish and inadequate. But the president said he continued to oppose a ban on travel from West Africa.
Klain has been out of government since leaving Biden’s office during the Obama’s first term, but has remained a trusted adviser to the Obama administration. The White House said that Klain would report to national security adviser Susan Rice and to homeland security and counterterrorism adviser Lisa Monaco. Klain, a lawyer, also served as chief of staff for Vice President Al Gore. He previously served under Attorney General Janet Reno in the Clinton administration…
The president also said he is “not philosophically opposed” to a travel ban from the Ebola-afflicted region of West Africa “if that is the thing that is going to keep the American people safe.” But he said experts tell him a ban would be less effective than measures currently in place… (more)
