PHOTOS: Obama visits CDC to discuss Ebola

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PHOTOS: Obama visits CDC to discuss Ebola

Sept. 16, 2014: President Obama traveled to the CDC in Atlanta to address the Ebola crisis and announced that he is sending 3,000 American troops to West Africa nations fight the spread of the Ebola epidemic.

President Barack Obama arrives on Air Force One at Hartsfield-Jackson International airport to visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to receive a briefing on the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa on Tuesday, September, 16, 2014.

President Obama visited the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to get an update on the agency’s fight against Ebola on September 16, 2014.

President Barack Obama arrives on Air Force One at Hartsfield-Jackson International airport to visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to receive a briefing on the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa on Tuesday, September, 16, 2014.

President Barack Obama arrives on Air Force One at Hartsfield-Jackson International airport to visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to receive a briefing on the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa on Tuesday, September, 16, 2014.

President Barack Obama arrives on Air Force One at Hartsfield-Jackson International airport to visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to receive a briefing on the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa on Tuesday, September, 16, 2014.

President Barack Obama arrives with Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of DHHS, on Air Force One at Hartsfield-Jackson International airport to visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to receive a briefing on the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa on Tuesday, September, 16, 2014.

President Barack Obama arrives with Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of DHHS, on Air Force One at Hartsfield-Jackson International airport to visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to receive a briefing on the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa on Tuesday, September, 16, 2014.

President Barack Obama is greeted by Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed at Hartsfield Jackson Airport upon his arrival to visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to receive a briefing on the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa on Tuesday, September, 16, 2014.

President Barack Obama is greeted by Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed (right) and Fulton County Chairman John Eaves (second from left) at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport upon his arrival to visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to receive a briefing on the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa on Tuesday, September, 16, 2014.

President Barack Obama is greeted by Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and Fulton County Chairman John Eaves (left) at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport upon his arrival to visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to receive a briefing on the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa on Tuesday, September, 16, 2014.

Spectators cheer as President Barack Obama heads to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Tuesday, September, 16, 2014.

Spectators cheer as President Barack Obama heads to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Tuesday, September, 16, 2014.

President Barack Obama receives a briefing on the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Tuesday, September, 16, 2014.

President Barack Obama speaks as Sylvia Burwell (left), Secretary of DHHS, and Dr. Tom Frieden (right), Director of CDC, listen at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Tuesday, September, 16, 2014.

President Barack Obama speaks as Dr. Tom Frieden (right), Director of CDC, listens at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Tuesday, September, 16, 2014.

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Tuesday, September, 16, 2014.

President Barack Obama at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. Obama traveled to the CDC, to address the Ebola crisis and announced that he is sending 3,000 American troops to West Africa nations fight the spread of the Ebola epidemic.

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Tuesday, September, 16, 2014.

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Tuesday, September, 16, 2014.

President Barack Obama speaks as he meets with Emory University doctors and healthcare professionals at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Tuesday, September, 16, 2014.

President Barack Obama speaks as he meets with Emory University doctors and healthcare professionals at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Tuesday, September, 16, 2014.

Air Force One takes off at Hartsfield-Jackson International airport in Atlanta on Tuesday, September, 16, 2014.

Motorcade of President Barack Obama moves down on I-85 Southbound heading to Hartsfield-Jackson International airport in Atlanta on Tuesday, September, 16, 2014.

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President Barack Obama arrives on Air Force One at Hartsfield-Jackson International airport to visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to receive a briefing on the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa on Tuesday, September, 16, 2014.

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