U.S. President Barack Obama is not likely to receive the $6.2 billion in emergency funding to combat the Ebola virus, according to a source at a postelection analysis meeting for government contractors held Nov. 7.
While the announcement of Obama’s request — yet to be officially answered — filled newspapers in early November, former Republican Rep. Tom Davis of Virginia said it simply won’t happen.
“With this Ebola funding Obama has asked for — he’s not going to get it,” Davis told Devex on the sidelines of the conference hosted by the Professional Services Council, which represents government service contractors.
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Claire Luke
Claire is a journalist passionate about all things development, with a particular interest in labor, having worked previously for the Indonesia-based International Labor Organization. She has experience reporting in Cambodia, Nicaragua and Burma, and is happy to be immersed in the action of D.C. Claire is a master's candidate in development economics at the George Washington Elliott School of International Affairs and received her bachelor's degree in political philosophy from the College of the Holy Cross.
