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Trump’s Budget Director Disputes Claims of CDC Cuts, Says Funding Increased

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Trump’s Budget Director Disputes Claims of CDC Cuts, Says Funding Increased
Russ Vought, Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget, speaks during an interview with The Epoch Times at the CPAC convention in National Harbor, Md., on Feb. 29, 2020. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
Emel Akan
Jan Jekielek
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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump’s budget director is pushing back against Democratic presidential candidates who assert that the United States is ill-prepared for the COVID-19 outbreak and also have accused Trump of slashing the budget for tackling emerging infectious diseases.

Russ Vought, acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, responded to those claims on Feb. 29.

Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
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