House OKs defense funds for Ebola mission

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http://www.navytimes.com/article/20141009/NEWS/310090069/House-OKs-defense-funds-Ebola-mission

House OKs defense funds for Ebola mission
Oct. 9, 2014 - 03:49PM
By Leo Shane III
Staff writer

House lawmakers are ready to shift nearly $1 billion in defense funds to fight the Ebola outbreak in Africa.

Now military officials are just waiting for the Senate’s support.
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Congress had already allowed defense officials to shift about $100 million in program funds to the Ebola operations. Thursday’s move, if the Senate acts, would allow planners access to another $750 million, which the Pentagon estimates will pay for the first six months of the Africa mission.

But the Senate has not yet signed off on the plan. Staffers for Senate Armed Services Committee ranking member Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., said he still has lingering questions about the mission, and is working with defense officials.
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1. Cool!