US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Tuesday rescinded the Pentagon’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate, a move required by Congress over his objections as part of the 2023 defense spending bill.
WASHINGTON, United States – Austin wrote in a memo scrapping the mandate — under which the Pentagon says more than 8,000 military personnel were discharged for refusing to comply — that he is “deeply proud” of the Defense Department’s efforts to combat Covid-19.
“This responsibility and authority include the ability to maintain military readiness, unit cohesions, good order and discipline, and the health and safety of a resilient joint force,” it adds. Members of the party pushed for the mandate’s removal and had threatened to hold up the bill if it did not lift the shot requirement.
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