Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin circulated a memo Wednesday informing military commanders that they would need to “impose ambitious timelines for implementation” of the Pentagon’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
“To defend this Nation, we need a healthy and ready force,” Austin wrote in the memo first obtained by The Associated Press. “After careful consultation with medical experts and military leadership, and with the support of the President, I have determined that mandatory vaccination against coronavirus disease … is necessary to protect the Force and defend the American people.”
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