A growing number of Republicans are calling for the U.S. to issue travel restrictions in and out of West Africa, a thorny political issue that is gaining momentum in the wake of the first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States.
The Obama administration thus far has resisted calls for flight limits, even as health officials monitor up to 100 people who potentially came in contact with Liberian national Thomas Eric Duncan, recently diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, sent a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration asking whether the agency was considering ways to clamp down on travel to and from the nations most heavily affected by Ebola.
“Due to the Obama administration's unclear approach to addressing the threat of the Ebola virus, Americans — particularly the Texans who have possibly been exposed — deserve specific answers to how the administration is addressing travel to and from the countries impacted by the disease,” Cruz wrote.
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4 comments:
Fair Question, and the answer should come tomorrow as a definite "Yes". We can't sit around and wait for Obama to try dealing with this threat to national security. We must act on our own here.
Start by closing the borders!
or anybody rerouted from any of those nations.
Obama is NOT trying to stop this disease, he's trying to SPREAD it. Even Stevie wonder could see that.
What dumbass thought it would be a good idea to send the patients to various locations across the nation, allow unrestricted flights from these countries, and HIDE the true number of patients being brought into a previously Ebola-free nation?
Right. Our brilliant president.
He obviously has our best interests at heart. Obviously.
Keep cheering.
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