From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer.?The Pentagon says it's considering ways of bringing more Sunni Arab tribes in Iraq's Ambar province into the fights against the group calling itself Islamic State.General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff, telling the reporters todayexpanding US training in advisor efforts to include the tribes just the part of strategy being put in place to push ISIS fighters back from areas at north of Iraq.?We got a program in place where we're beginning to restore some offensive capability and mindset to the Iraqi security forces.We need to think about how to do that with tribes.Other elements in the plan could create so-called National Guard Units as a part of cooperate military forcethat first have to be approved by the Iraqi government.Congress have approved spending up 500 million dollars on the training program.?New York state officials have announced the program to encourage healthcare workers to treat Ebola patients in West Africa.A move came after criticism to the state's mandatory 21-day quarantine for such travelers.NPR's Joel Rose explains.?The idea is to reassure healthcare workers that they won't lose their paychecks or benefits if they had to be quarantined, says New York mayor Bill de Blasio.?It's a fight to protect healthcare people around the world, including the healthcares of the United States.So we have to make sure everyone is willing to go there and support our nation gets the supports they need.The plan is similar to financial and incentive protection provided to military reservists.It was announced in a joint press release from the mayor and New York governor Andrew Cuomo.Cuomo and New Jersey governor Chris Christie have been heavily criticized by healthcare workers for imposing a mandatory quarantine for all travelers who have close contacts with Ebola patients.
