President Obama signed an executive order Thursday that paves the way for the deployment of National Guard and Reserve forces to West Africa to help fight the Ebola outbreak there, The Associated Press and NBC News reported. The U.S. has already committed to sending up to 4,000 military personnel to West Africa to provide logistics and help build treatment units to confront the rapidly spreading and deadly virus. Obama signed an executive order Thursday that permits the Pentagon to use the reservists and Guard troops. They are expected to help build 17 Ebola treatment centers, with 100 beds apiece.

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