Trump announces top officials for coronavirus vaccine effort
Moncef Slaoui and General Gustave Perna will lead the federal government's effort to develop and distribute a vaccine as quickly as possible.
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Kathryn Watson is a politics reporter for CBS News Digital, based in Washington, D.C.
Moncef Slaoui and General Gustave Perna will lead the federal government's effort to develop and distribute a vaccine as quickly as possible.
The president expects a vaccine to be available by the end of the year, a much shorter timeline than most experts suggest.
The move comes after FBI agents seized Burr's cell phone as part of an investigation into his stock sales.
The stockpile is intended to have 90 days' worth of supplies.
Dr. Anthony Fauci warned Tuesday that having treatments or a vaccine available to students by fall is a "bridge too far."
The Justice Department dropped its case against Flynn despite his guilty plea.
The president said he is the one requiring masks now at the White House.
The Centers for Disease Control recommends that Americans wear masks in public.
The president declared Congress should have never passed the resolution, meant to keep presidential powers in check.
The nurse practitioner also said she has been reusing her N95 mask for "weeks." President Trump dismissed reports of shortages of PPE as "fake news."
President Trump said the task force has done "a phenomenal job," and the administration is "looking at other phases."
The Senate is back in session, while the House waits as cases of coronavirus continue to plague the nation's capital.
The president didn't give a specific target, but any rallies this year would almost certainly take place before a vaccine is widely available.
The president predicted his former aide who was fired for lying to the vice president will come back "bigger and better" than ever.
On Tuesday, the president, asked whether he was confident the U.S. could reach 5 million COVID-19 tests a day, said the U.S. would be there "very soon."