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Freedom Convoy protesters open up about standing for their beliefs
Fox News contributor Sara Carter speaks with protesters at the Freedom Convoy on ‘Hannity.’
The Army only approved just 24 religious COVID-19 vaccine exemption requests out of a total 8,514 requests submitted by active duty soldiers, and 1,602 requests have been rejected while the rest remain pending.
Military.com obtained information showing the Pentagon rushed vaccine exemption denials:
Sean O’Donnell, the Pentagon’s inspector general, wrote in a June 2 memo to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin obtained by Military.com calling attention to a “concerning” trend in which military brass rushed to reject vaccine-exemption petitions rather than giving each request due consideration.
“We found a trend of generalized assessments rather than the individualized assessment that is required by Federal law and DoD and Military Service policies,” he said. “Some of the appellate decisions included documentation that demonstrated a greater consideration of facts and circumstances involved in a request.”
In March, a Texas judge blocked the Navy from dismissing sailors with pending exemption requests and in August, a Florida federal judge ordered class action relief and granted an injunction barring the federal government from enforcing the vaccine mandate for the Marine Corps.
National Review writes, “For the last year, military has been struggling with a recruitment problem. As of July, with only three months left in the fiscal year, the Army had met only 40 percent of its recruitment goal and reduced its active-duty force by 12,000 troops.”
O’Donnell calculated that officials likely gave each appeal a cursory glance rather than a thorough examination, possibly opening the door to litigation from service members who had to resign after they failed to obtain exemptions. Across all the branches, there were about 50 denials per day in a 90-day period, he determined. Over a thousand Coast Guardsmen have already tried to launch a class-action lawsuit in response to their being refused religious exemptions, the publication noted.
“The volume and rate at which decisions were made to deny requests is concerning,” the memo read. “Assuming a 10-hour work day with no breaks or attention to other matters, the average review period was about 12 minutes for each package. Such a review period seems insufficient to process each request in an individualized manner and still perform the duties required of their position.”
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Pat Peace
February 10, 2022 at 9:18 am
Thank you for showing the love that is bringing people together!
schutzhund
February 10, 2022 at 9:19 am
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Somewhere beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
Then join in the fight
That will give you the right to be free!!
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
Will you give all you can give
So that our banner may advance
Some will fall and some will live
Will you stand up and take your chance?
The blood of the martyrs
Will water the meadows of France!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47E2tfK5QAg
Jeanne Davis
February 10, 2022 at 5:23 pm
That was beautiful Sara.
Marty
February 10, 2022 at 10:59 pm
Sara is once again at the center of the latest breaking news event…. reporting the facts and informing readers/viewers unlike any other reporter!!!
John Allen
February 12, 2022 at 5:41 pm
Much thanks to you for helping bring the “REAL” story back to Americans everywhere..!!
Santiago Nieves Jr
February 12, 2022 at 6:59 pm
I’m an American of Puerto Rican descent and a Combat Veteran of 24yrs of Service and I took an Oath to defend the Constitution of the United States of America and that Oath has never expired Semper Fi
Rudolph Ultreya
February 12, 2022 at 7:23 pm
This report would’ve been much more informative if Hannity would quit eating up so much time out of the 5-minute video. He does it every time. The guy never shuts up!
Ken Remple
February 12, 2022 at 7:25 pm
Thank you Sara for covering this important fight for our freedoms in Canada, the
USA and Globally.
diane edwar
February 12, 2022 at 8:17 pm
What process can topple the Prime Minister? USA has elections but too far away.
What can Canadians do if they want an immediate change of Trudeau??
Kenneth Lowndes
March 5, 2022 at 5:56 am
They have real human blood on their hands. The wealthiest: they are all in on this.
Empires all based on Paper Credit Notes, each with Wicked Vile USURY.
The Establishment now exist as did the NAZIS, and the Communists once did.
It is now fully up to each one of us to take them OUT of “power.”