President Obama Requests $6 Billion To Fight Ebola

President Barack Obama speaks during a press conference in the East Room of the White House on November 5, 2014, in Washington, D.C. Obama held the press conference one day after his Democratic party was defeated in midterm elections. President Obama congratulated his Republican opponents Wednesday on their midterm election victory and promised to work constructively with them in Congress for the next two years. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

President Barack Obama speaks during a press conference in the East Room of the White House on November 5, 2014, in Washington, D.C. President Obama announced he will be requesting $6 billion to help fight the Ebola epidemic. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

Right before President Barack Obama held his post-election news conference yesterday, he sent a request to Congress for more than $6 billion to help fight the Ebola epidemic.

Juliet Eilperin, White House correspondent for The Washington Post, joins Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson to discuss what that money will go towards.

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Juliet Eilperin, White House correspondent for The Washington Post. She tweets @eilperin.

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