Reuters and others reported on the 3rd that the Joe Biden administration is reviewing a plan to abolish the U.S. military’s Corona 19 vaccination obligation.
Republican House Representative Kevin McCarthy argued in an interview with Fox News the day before that a bipartisan agreement had been obtained on the abolition of mandatory vaccination for the US military at a White House meeting attended by President Biden.
Representative McCarthy said, “Do you know what was achieved at the meeting and what will be included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)?”
“We’re trying to work it out,” he said. “I believe we’re going to get it.”
However, White House deputy spokesperson Olivia Dalton showed a cautious stance, saying, “McCarthy suggested it to the president, and he only conveyed his intention to consider it.”
“The Secretary of Defense recommended that it be retained, and the President supports his position,” she said. “Discussions on the NDAA are still ongoing.”
Earlier, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin made it clear that “the mandatory policy has protected people’s health,” and that he “supports continuing vaccination of military units.”
Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who participated in the meeting, did not take a separate position.
As the corona spread continued, the US Department of Defense announced a policy of mandatory vaccination of 1.3 million active-duty troops and 800,000 national guard and reserve forces in September last year.
At the time, Minister Austin took a firm stance that he would be expelled from the military if he refused the vaccine, and in fact thousands of active-duty soldiers were discharged.
About 20 Republican governors recently sent a letter to President Biden and demanded that the mandatory vaccination be abolished, saying that it had weakened the US military’s ability to recruit.