Warren says John Bolton snubbed senators who asked about pandemics

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Two Democratic senators asked then-national security adviser John Bolton for a briefing on how the Trump administration was preparing for a pandemic after he disbanded the National Security Council’s global health security team.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Patty Murray sent Bolton a letter about the reorganization in May 2018, noting that it “comes amid continuing concerns that the nation and the world are unprepared for pandemic outbreaks or other global health threats.”

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