Obama on Ebola in West Africa: 'We are nowhere out of the woods'

President Obama said Tuesday that despite progress, West Africa is "nowhere near out of the woods" on Ebola.

"It underscores how important it is to continue to push forward until we stamp out this disease entirely in that region," Obama said before a meeting on the virus with national security and public health officials. "Until we do, there are threats if additional outbreaks, and given the nature of international travel, it means that everybody has some measure of risk. "

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said later that the president was referring to the country of Mali, which was declared free of the virus, only to see it come bac