Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. President obama is calling in a specialist to deal with ebola, but ron klain is not a medical doctor. Hes a doctor of law, and his specialty is not diseases. The white house says, its management as chief of staff to the Vice President in 2009, he helped run the economic stimulus program. The president named klain today to run the federal Ebola Response. We have a series of reports on ebola tonight, beginning with Major Garrett at the white house. What we were looking for is not an ebola expert, but rather an implementation expert. Reporter ron klains appointment was so abrupt, he doesnt have White House Security clearance yet and no official start date. But sometime next week, he will become an important behindthe scenes troubleshooting voice to calm an administration criticized for an uneven response to the ebola crisis. Klain will brief the president daily and
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