The White House appointed Homeland Security adviser Lisa Monaco to coordinate the government response to the Ebola scare that has been sweeping the United States, but has refused to call her the Ebola 'czar'.

President Obama has been under pressure to designate an Ebola 'czar', a single administrator of the government's efforts to counter the threat of Ebola spreading in the country.

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Speaking from the Oval Office on Thursday, Obama admitted it is a sensible option.

The president said his present team of Ebola advisers has been doing an excellent job, but indicated that some of them, including Monaco and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Thomas Frieden, have their plates full with other priorities.

In a media briefing at the White House on Wednesday, press secretary Josh Earnest announced Monaco would be in charge of coordinating the various agencies involved in the Federal response to the Ebola crisis. He did not indicate, however, if she was the Ebola "czar" Republican Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is asking Obama for.

Instead, he said Monaco, the counterterrorism and homeland security adviser to the president, would run and monitor government agencies such as the Department of Defense, U.S. Agency for International Development, Department of Health and Human Services, and CDC.

Amid concerns that homeland security adviser has neither the medical background nor the experience in managing disease outbreaks, the White House expressed confidence in her capacity to respond to national security threats-the category under which Ebola falls.

In a statement, Earnest insisted that each of the agencies has its own experts to ensure the safety of the American people.

According to ABC News, the government apparently has no need for a virus expert, but someone who has the capacity to integrate multiple, and often unwieldy, federal agencies. And Monaco is the perfect fit for the job.

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