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The United States will stop sending money to Gavi, a global group that helps vaccinate children in low-income countries.

Bad recent history: When former dictator Mobutu Sese Seko fell in 1997, war erupted throughout Congo. A series of peace agreements -- U.N. blessed -- purportedly ended the Great Congo War in 2003.

The first Portable Biocontainment Unit has been in the works for years by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.