Senators Seek TB Case Probe

Not surprisingly, several U.S. senators are less than satisfied with the federal response to the case of Andrew Speaker, the Georgia man thought to have an extremely drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis who was nevertheless able to sneak back into the United States after a trip overseas. Now, Government Executive columnist and National Journal correspondent Shane Harris reports on his blog, Sens. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., are asking the Government Accountability Office for a detailed report on the government's handling of the situation.

"We should never again have a situation where delays and failures in communication between the federal government, other domestic public health officials and relevant commercial entities lead to needless exposure and risk," the senators wrote in a letter to GAO chief David Walker.