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Citing security threat, Obama expands U.S. role fighting Ebola Sept. 16, 2014 A portion of the article summarized:   President Barack Obama on Tuesday called West Africa's deadly Ebola outbreak a looming threat to global security and announced a major expansion of the U.S. role in trying to halt its spread, including deployment of 3,000 troops to the region. "The reality is that this epidemic is going to get worse before it gets better," Obama said at the Atlanta headquarters of the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). "But, right now, the world still has an opportunity to save countless lives. Right now, the world has the responsibility to act, to step up and to do more. The United States of America intends to do more," he added. Obama's plan calls for sending 3,000 troops, including engineers and medical personnel; establishing a regional command and control centre in Liberia's capital, Monrovia , commanded by Major General ...

Update, Sept. 16, 2014, Dr. Brantly: Fmr. Ebola patient delivers testimony before Senate committee Franklin Graham's Facebook post  (09/05/14) Tuesday, a crew from NBC News came to interview me about Dr. Kent Brantly’s miraculous story of surviving Ebola. Matt Lauer interviewed Kent as well, and this will air in an hour-long special TONIGHT at 10:00 p.m. EDT . The world will be watching as he gives the glory to God for healing him! This Is What It Feels Like to Survive Ebola Dr. Kent Brantly Are you sitting down?  Because TIME magazine posted a story by Dr. Kent Brantly on his ordeal with Ebola.  (Their first hug in a month.  Photo credit:  David Morrison -- Samaritan's Purse) "I never shed a tear when I called my wife and said, “Amber, my test is positive. I have Ebola.” Though the rest of my family wept, I felt strangely at peace. God blessed me with that peace that surpasses understanding. Since we had started treating patients with Ebo...