In Letter To Bolton, 2 U.S. Senators Inquire About Sudden Departure Of NSC’s Global Health Security Leader

HuffPost: Top Democrats Want Answers On Global Health Security Head’s Sudden Departure
“Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) have requested answers from the White House about last week’s sudden departure of Rear Adm. Tim Ziemer, who led the now-disbanded global health security team at the National Security Council. In a Friday letter to National Security Adviser John Bolton, the senators asked not only why Ziemer left, but also why his unit had been disbanded just as an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo was declared…” (Weber, 5/18).

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