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First, they fired the people who look after the nuclear bombs, then had to hurriedly find where they went and hire them back.
They got rid of the government agricultural workers responsible for fighting bird flu — which has sent the cost of America’s breakfast soaring.
Then, amid rising public concern that an Ebola outbreak in Africa could leapfrog to the US, Elon Musk took his chainsaw to the most prominent US experts on the disease.
“We won’t be perfect. But when we make mistake, we…
