CSPAN2 Tonight From Washington December 1, 2011
the president. >> any determination this smallpox treatment was even necessary or needed by this government? >> well, you know, first of all, i'm not going to be somebody with the expertise to make that determination, but we obviously are gathering all the information surrounding this, including the justification for the purchase of this drug in the first place, and what documentation was out there that supported the need for this. you know, this plan was done back in 2007 in the bush administration, as to what kind of stockpiles we needed for a bioterror threat in the country. my pr...