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Chairman Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) at a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill for an update to the U.S. public health response to the Ebola Outbreak, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) questions witnesses at a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill for an update to the U.S. public health response to the Ebola Outbreak, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Chairman Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) at a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill for an update to the U.S. public health response to the Ebola Outbreak, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Rep. Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee Republican, questions witnesses at a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations into the U.S. response to the Ebola outbreak in November. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas R. Frieden speaks at a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill for an update to the U.S. public health response to the Ebola Outbreak, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas R. Frieden speaks at a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill for an update to the U.S. public health response to the Ebola Outbreak, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas R. Frieden speaks at a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill for an update to the U.S. public health response to the Ebola Outbreak, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas R. Frieden speaks at a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill for an update to the U.S. public health response to the Ebola Outbreak, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas R. Frieden speaks at a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill for an update to the U.S. public health response to the Ebola Outbreak, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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In this Nov. 13, 2014 photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, lava flow from the Kilauea Volcano that began on June 27 surrounds an outer fence to the Pahoa transfer station in Pahoa, Hawaii. The county says the breakouts don't pose an immediate threat to area residents. (AP Photo/U.S. Geological Survey)

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Milan, Kansas resident Orin Dodez cleans up his home after a nearby 4.8 earthquake struck the area Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. He said this is the fourth or fifth one he's felt recently and thinks that nearby fracking is the cause. (AP Photo/The Wichita Eagle - Kansas.com, Fernando Salazar) **FILE**

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An U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine agent peers out of the open door of a helicopter during a patrol flight over McAllen, Texas, near the U.S.-Mexico border. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2014, file handout photo, provided by the Metropolitan Transportation Agency shows the heavily damaged vehicle in which Dominican baseball player Oscar Taveras was killed along with a young woman passenger, near the city of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. Dominican officials say that young St. Louis Cardinals prospect Oscar Taveras was drunk at the time of his fatal car crash. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Transportation Agency, File)

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Interim D.C. Fire Chief Eugene Jones, before a group of D.C. fire cadets, discusses the purchase of new fire department heavy equipment in a parking lot outside Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in the District. The trucks and ambulances are expected to bolster a fire department fleet that has fallen into disrepair in recent years. (Andrea Noble/The Washington Times)

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Interim D.C. Fire Chief Eugene Jones, before a group of D.C. fire cadets and with Mayor Vincent C. Gray at his side, discusses the purchase of new fire department heavy equipment in a parking lot outside Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in the District. The trucks and ambulances are expected to bolster a fire department fleet that has fallen into disrepair in recent years. (Andrea Noble/The Washington Times)

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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray and fire officials displayed newly purchased heavy equipment in a parking lot outside Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in the District. The trucks and ambulances are expected to bolster a fire department fleet that has fallen into disrepair in recent years (Andrea Noble/The Washington Times)

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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray and fire officials displayed newly purchased heavy equipment in a parking lot outside Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in the District. The trucks and ambulances are expected to bolster a fire department fleet that has fallen into disrepair in recent years (Andrea Noble/The Washington Times) **FILE**

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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray stands before a group of D.C. fire cadets to discuss the purchased of new fire department heavy equipment in a parking lot outside Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in the District. The trucks and ambulances are expected to bolster a fire department fleet that has fallen into disrepair in recent years. (Andrea Noble/The Washington Times)