(2005) Then-Senator Barack Obama Calls For Creation Of DTRA/Task Force Framework In NYT Opinion Piece

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2005 NYT Opinion article, "Grounding a Pandemic" written by Senator Barack Obama, as member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Richard Lugar, Senate Committee Chairman, wrote;

"…the Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approved legislation directing President Bush to form a senior-level task force to put in place an international strategy to deal with the avian flu and coordinate policy among our government agencies.

We urge the Bush administration to form this task force immediately without waiting for legislation to be passed".

They continued, "…International health experts believe that Southeast Asia will be an epicenter of influenza for decades. We recommend that this administration work with Congress, public health officials, the pharmaceutical industry, foreign governments and international organizations to

create a permanent framework for curtailing the spread of future infectious diseases.

https://web.archive.org/web/20150529173412/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/06/opinion/grounding-a-pandemic.html