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[inaudible conversation] good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. For those of you who are just tuning in and our Television Audience in public Radio Audience and on the internet, welcome to the National Press club. Since 1908 we have been the embodiment of the constitution. Before we get started, i want to remind our guests in the audience of some housekeeping roles. Those of you who may have come in late, please put your phones on vibrate because we know you want to tweak. We want you to follow the action and so on twitter you can follow us at press club d. C. And using npc life. I want to introduce the head table. As i introduce each of you, please stand and briefly as your name is announced, it will be from my left and youre right. Senior reporter and treasurer of the National Press club. Michelle is the membership secretary of the National Press club. Sally is the executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs at pfizer. And breaking news editor at usa today in a past member of the pre
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Not there. I we are developing and promised the principal sponsors of this law that we are going to develop a plan to get to 100 not have the we do resources. Congress has not given us the resources. We are developing that. I would like to see us get to a higher percentage of what is deans scanned what is being scanned right now. I look at what comes into the country and the method we have for screening it all, and it is pretty sophisticated. So i take away from that a pretty good story. Ok, yes, sir. Last question. On ebola. We are now screening at five airports. Do we have the capability to deal with this, and do we have contingencies if things get worse . We very definitely in this country have the ability to deal with the ebola virus. Every time there has been an outbreak of ebola in the world, it has been defeated. Here in the United States, we have the best health care, doctors, infrastructure, hospitals. It is a treatable disease if it is caught in time and you receive the right
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