Washington, UNITED STATES
U.S. President Obama holds a meeting with cabinet agencies coordinating the government's Ebola response,...
U.S. President Barack Obama holds a meeting with cabinet agencies coordinating the government's Ebola response, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington October 15, 2014. From left are Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, Lisa Monaco, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson. Obama pledged on Wednesday that federal officials would oversee the response to U.S. Ebola cases in a more aggressive way, and said the Centers for Disease Control would send a "SWAT team" to any hospital encountering a new case of the disease. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH DISASTER)