Obama salutes 'heroic' US Ebola workers, urges calm

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Obama salutes 'heroic' US Ebola workers, urges calm

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hagel-orders-quarantine-us-troops-returning-west-africa-152745913.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0H2bJJMgzY83yfrTtiFfCA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-WAS-Was8875692-1-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Healthcare workers listen while US President Barack Obama speaks at the White House on October 29, 2014 in Washington, DC" align="left" title="Healthcare workers listen while US President Barack Obama speaks at the White House on October 29, 2014 in Washington, DC" border="0" /></a>President Barack Obama on Wednesday hailed &quot;heroic&quot; US health workers battling Ebola, seeking to reassure the public amid controversy over quarantine measures imposed by some authorities including the Pentagon. Speaking at the White House after meeting with returned health workers including Kent Brantly, an American doctor infected with the often-deadly disease in Liberia, Obama said those who volunteer on the front lines should be applauded for their service. &quot;We need to call them what they are, which is American heroes,&quot; Obama said. The US leader's remarks followed raging controversy about measures taken by officials in New Jersey and New York to quarantine individuals returning from treating Ebola-infected patients in West Africa.</p><br clear="all"/>

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