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(CNN)Dr. Rick Bright, the ousted director of a crucial federal office charged with developing countermeasures to infectious diseases, will testify before Congress on Thursday that the US will face "unprecedented illness and fatalities" without additional prep…

(CNN)Dr. Rick Bright, the ousted director of a key federal office charged with developing medical countermeasures, will testify before Congress on Thursday that the Trump administration was unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic and warn that the the US will…

Rick Bright, the ousted chief of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Agency, said he was pressured to steer millions of dollars to the clients of a well-connected consultant.Rick Bright said in a whistle-blower complaint that questionable contracts had gone to “companies with political connections to the administration.”Credit...Toya Sarno Jordan/BloombergMay 5, 2020Updated 9:42 p.m. ETWASHINGTON…