Nation

Report: Defense Secretary expected to mandate COVID-19 vaccine for active duty troops

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2 years ago

August 5, 2021

Staff Writer

By Jenny Goldsberry

Secretary of Defense Gen. Lloyd Austin is expected to announce a controversial COVID-19 vaccine mandate for active duty troops soon, sources close to CNN confirmed.

Austin’s current view is to “seek authorization to make (vaccine) mandatory”
CNN Sources

Austin’s “inclination is towards making the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory,” a defense official told CNN.

The Joint Chiefs have met to discuss how a mandatory vaccination plan might work, since President Biden’s last speech on the vaccine,. Austin has also been consulting with military medical authorities, the defense official said. Austin’s current view is to “seek authorization to make it mandatory,” according to those sources.

Folks, we’ve officially reached our goal of 70% of adults receiving at least one dose of the vaccine. It’s incredible progress, but we still have further to go. If you haven’t already, get vaccinated. Let’s defeat this virus once and for all.
— President Biden (@POTUS) August 2, 2021

Biden even said he knew that Austin is “open to it.” With the president’s approval, he is likely to move forward with the mandate.

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Israel

Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar kicked off House Foreign Affairs Committee

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3 days ago

February 2, 2023

Alexander Carter

Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar was voted off the House Foreign Affairs Committee Thursday. The action was expected, as Republican members of Congress had criticized Omar’s antisemetic and anti-American rhetoric.

After intense debating on the House floor, the resolution passed with a 218-211 vote. Democrats attempted to pull the race card, accusing Republican House members of racism for removing Omar from the committee.

Omar also accused House Republicans of racism, saying, “I am Muslim, I am an immigrant, and interestingly, from Africa…Is anyone surprised that I am being targeted? Is anyone surprised that I am somehow deemed unworthy to speak about American foreign policy, or that they see me as a powerful voice that needs to be silenced?”

“There is this idea that you are a suspect if you are an immigrant or if you are from certain parts of the world or certain skin tone or a muslim.” Omar said during the heated debate. A fiery Alexandria Ocasia Cortez also chimed in shouting, “This is an attack on women of color!”

Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, from New York, said she had personally witnessed Omar spew anti-American rhetoric. Malliotakis said, “I have been in that committee room where, the representative, equates Israel and the United States to Hamas and the Taliban. Absolutely unacceptable for a member of that committee.”

A four-page resolution was written for the justification of removing Omar from the house Foreign Affairs Committee. The resolution states that in 2019, Omar suggested that Jewish people were buying U.S. political support when she posted on Twitter, “it’s all about the Benjamins, baby.”

Omar also commented on the September 11th attacks saying, “some people did something.” This type of comment is unacceptable for any representative who is sitting on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, lawmakers said.

In the resolution it states that members of this committee should all be held to an “equal standard of conduct due to the international sensitivities and national security concerns under the jurisdiction of this committee.”