The issue focused on how well both technology and international law had come together to meet the medical needs of those who were leaving the United States.

Satter said on Friday that to take those medical needs into account, the Obama administration had to move forward with more technology.

"It's not about technology. It's about getting to the technology and getting to the technology that's being used to really help people with these medical needs," Satter said.

The White House has said that it has