http://controversialtimes.com/news/seriously-ebola-czar-misses-first-meeting-on-ebola-response/SERIOUSLY?: Ebola Czar Misses First Meeting on Ebola Response
By Hunter Roosevelt on October 18, 2014
In yet another example of the Obama administration’s incompetent handling of the growing Ebola crisis, newly appointed “Ebola Czar” and Democratic political operative Ron Klain missed the first meeting on his first day in the new position.
Sometimes people miss meetings, especially smaller ones, right? Considering Vice President Biden and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel were in attendance, maybe “Czar” Klain should have attended. After all, his is tasked with coordinating the overall government response to Ebola.
The White House has not responded to multiple media requests for an explanation as to why Klain wasn’t at the meeting because, according to the White House list of attendees, it seems everyone else managed to make it – including:
The Vice President
Chuck Hagel, Secretary of Defense
Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services
Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security
Denis McDonough, Chief of Staff
Shaun Donovan, Director of the Office of Management and Budget
John Podesta, Counselor to the President
Susan Rice, National Security Advisor
General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Samantha Power, Permanent U.S. Representative to the United Nations (via secure video conference)
Dr. John Holdren, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
Dr. Thomas Frieden, Director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
Rajiv Shah, Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development
Nancy Powell, State Department Ebola Coordinator
Katie Beirne Fallon, Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs
Jennifer Palmieri, Director of Communications
Joshua Earnest, Press Secretary
Suzanne George, Executive Secretary and Chief of Staff of the National Security Council
Brian Egan, National Security Council Legal Advisor
Rand Beers, Deputy Assistant to the President for Homeland Security
Maybe Obama didn’t explain that this was an actual job as opposed to say… the job Vice President Biden’s son immediately received after being discharged from the military for drug use.
Let’s hope that Klain, who has absolutely no medical training, figures out that this is not politics, this is a no-bullshit, life or death situation. Put on your big boy pants and get to work.
