Now that Ebola czar Ron Klain has left the White House, the question arises as to who will take over his duties.
Pope has been part of the U.S. Ebola response team from the start, as the special assistant to the president for homeland security, with a focus on “transborder” policy. On the Ebola response team, she played a key role in setting up the U.S. program for screening and monitoring travelers arriving from the hot zone in West Africa.