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The Ebola Epidemic in Liberia: Sending in the 101st Airborne Division with General Gary Volesky and Ambassador Deborah Malac

Apr 21, 2020

What is Ebola? How did it spread in West Africa and scare the US and international community? Why did the US send over 3000 troops? Lieutenant General Volesky and Ambassador Malac explain how they ran the US effort to help contain the epidemic.