ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: The United States remains opposed to a ban on travel from West Africa, the White House said on Thursday, resisting pressure from some U.S. lawmakers for such a ban to limit the risk of an Ebola outbreak.<br/> <br />White House spokesman Josh Earnest said there remains a need to keep transportation lines open to deliver much-needed supplies to West Africa to deal with the Ebola outbreak there.<br/> <br />He also said officials want to make sure that people traveling from the area are properly screened.<br/> <br />U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, the top Republican in Washington, has appealed for a travel ban as have several other lawmakers.
