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Dr. Irwin Redlener, director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University, said that preventing dangerous agents at ports of entry was impossible with the current technology. But he suggested that it was critical that various arms of the federal government charged with watching the borders work together. He cited three critical areas: early detection, enhanced laboratory capacity to do the necessary testing and vigilant clinicians who are trained to make a diagnosis. He said that despite billions of dollars in expenditures, he doesn't think the nation has made significant progress in those areas.