Defense

US troops go to Liberia

Three hundred fifty U.S. troops are in Liberia according to the Pentagon. They are ready to begin building a 25-bed field hospital for medical workers infected ...

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October 7, 2014 9:01 am

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Three hundred fifty U.S. troops are in Liberia according to the Pentagon. They are ready to begin building a 25-bed field hospital for medical workers infected with Ebola. Their work was delayed by a torrential rain on Monday. The virus has taken a heavy toll on health care workers, sickening or killing more than 370 of them Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.