FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2020, file photo Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield appears at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on a "Review of Coronavirus Response Efforts" on Capitol Hill in Washington. Vice President Mike Pence in March directed the nation’s top disease control agency to use its emergency powers to effectively seal the U.S. borders. Pence, who had taken over the Trump administration’s response to the growing pandemic, called Redfield, and told him to use the agency’s special legal authority in a pandemic anyway. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool, File)
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