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Report: Mask Shortage Stems From Obama Era Choices

A box of face masks made by 3M (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

By    |   Sunday, 29 March 2020 08:04 PM EDT

The severe protective mask shortage for which President Donald Trump has repeatedly come under fire was an issue that goes back to the Obama years. Although the previous administration was made aware of it, they failed to address it.

"We took over a dead, barren system," Trump told reporters Sunday. "We took over a system that was obsolete."

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The severe protective mask shortage for which President Donald Trump has repeatedly come under fire was an issue that goes back to the Obama years.
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