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THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - U.S. Establishes African Ebola Facility to Quarantine Infected Americans.

The U.S. government is setting up a quarantine facility in Kenya to quarantine Americans exposed to Ebola.

PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The United States government is setting up an overseas quarantine facility to treat Americans who have been exposed to Ebola, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). DETAIL: The quarantine facility is located in Kenya in East Africa. It aims to address the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Over 230 people in Congo are believed to have died from Ebola since the outbreak began. By having an overseas quarantine facility, the Trump administration aims to ensure against any possibility of the disease being brought into the United States. The facility ensures Americans in affected countries receive high-quality, lifesaving medical care without needing a medical…Open

AXIOS (Neil Irwin) - What it would take to rebuild U.S. manufacturing might

America's dependence on imported manufactured goods looks like a vulnerability in a world of widening geopolitical fractures . Fixing it won't come cheap. The big picture: New research from McKinsey, the global consulting firm, estimates that it would take $2 trillion, or about 6% of U.S. GDP, to build the industrial capacity needed to replace imports of key strategic goods. - That's the equivalent of two years' worth of the current annual defense budget — and doesn't even include the investment needed to cultivate the workers' skills, infrastructure and energy needs. - There is a particular dearth of American manufacturing capacity for advanced electronics, particularly AI servers, and key chemicals, the study finds. State of play:…

America's dependence on imported manufactured goods looks like a vulnerability in a world of widening geopolitical fractures . Fixing it won't come cheap. The big picture: New research from McKinsey, the global consulting firm, estimates that it would take $2 trillion, or about 6% of U.S. GDP, to build the industrial capacity needed to replace imports of key strategic goods. - That's the equivalent of two years' worth of the current annual defense budget — and doesn't even include the investment needed to cultivate the workers' skills, infrastructure and energy needs. - There is a particular dearth of American manufacturing capacity for advanced electronics, particularly AI servers, and key chemicals, the study finds. State of play:…Open