Congress to Roll Back Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate For Troops
December 7, 2022 | District of Columbia
Congress is set to roll back Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for troops.
Secretary Austin imposed a vaccine mandate for US troops last year.
Lloyd Austin wants the vaccine mandate for the US military to stay in place and Joe Biden agrees.
“The president agrees with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin that the Pentagon should continue to require all service members be vaccinated and boosted against Covid-19,” National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told reporters.
Congress however is set to rescind the vaccine mandate for troops through the annual defense bill.
AP reported:
Republicans, emboldened by their new House majority next year, pushed the effort, which was confirmed Tuesday night when the bill was unveiled. House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy personally lobbied President Joe Biden in a meeting last week to roll back the mandate…. (Excerpt from Gateway Pundit)