Senator Kennedy walked back his comments from the day before.
"I was pretty tough yesterday on the Secretary of Homeland Security," Kennedy admitted. "It was intentional. I tried to send a message that this wasn't a model of transparency or accuracy and we needed to get things better put together in terms of talking to the American people."
"They did," he added, "and I'm very pleased."
Kennedy further praised the president for striking the correct balance between avoiding widespread panic while properly laying out the United States' strategy to combat the outbreak.