WASHINGTON: US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Tuesday (Jan 10) rescinded the Pentagon's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, a move required by Congress over his objections as part of the 2023 defence spending bill. Austin wrote in a memo scrapping the mandate - under which the Pentagon says more than 8,000 mil
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Tuesday rescinded the Pentagon's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, a move required by Congress over his objections as part of the 2023 defence spending bill.
The memo also said that the department would continue to encourage vaccination, and told commanders that they have"the responsibility and authority to preserve the department's compelling interests in mission accomplishment." The requirement in the National Defense Authorization Act for the fiscal year 2023 that the mandate be ended was a victory for Republicans.
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