Readout of the President's Meeting on the Domestic Ebola Response

The President on Saturday evening convened members of his national security and public health teams to update him on the response to the domestic Ebola cases. The President's advisors detailed the status of the contact tracing process to identify and, as necessary, monitor all individuals who may have come into contact with Ebola patients in Dallas following their exposure. The President's team also reviewed for him the comprehensive measures the Administration—acting together with state and local partners—is taking to ensure that Dallas has all of the appropriate and necessary resources to diagnose any additional cases safely and effectively. The meeting concluded with a discussion of broader steps to increase the preparedness of our health sector nationwide.

Participants:

The Vice President

Chuck Hagel, Secretary of Defense

Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services

Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security

Denis McDonough, Chief of Staff

Shaun Donovan, Director of the Office of Management and Budget

Susan Rice, National Security Advisor

Neil Eggleston, Counselor to the President

Antony Blinken, Deputy National Security Advisor

Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism

Thomas Frieden, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Katie Beirne Fallon, Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs

Benjamin Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting

Jennifer Palmieri, Director of Communications

Anita Decker Breckenridge, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations

Suzanne George, Executive Secretary and Chief of Staff of the National Security Council

Rand Beers, Deputy Assistant to the President for Homeland Security

Brian Egan, Deputy Counsel to the President

Colin Kahl, National Security Advisor to the Vice President