Ebola and D.C. Africa Summit: Official, ‘Protocols in Place for Visitors with Health-Related Issues’

Guest post by Kristinn Taylor On the eve of President Barack Obama’s African leaders summit in Washington, D.C., an unnamed State Department Official told Yahoo News on Thursday that the Obama administration is monitoring the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and that “We have protocols in place to assist official visitors to the US-Africa Leaders Summit with health-related issues.” The statement, even though not specific, is the closest to a statement of preparedness made by the Obama administration.

Father Of Kidnapped Israeli Soldier Releases Statement

Brief Statement from Dr Simha Goldin, Father of Kidnapped Israeli soldier Hadar, req IDF do e/thing to bring son home pic.twitter.com/UQVO60mIaD The father of kidnapped IDF soldier released a statement following the news that his son had been kidnapped by Hamas.