COVID vaccine mandate endangers military readiness, top Republican lawmaker claims
By Leo Shane III
Oct 19, 11:43 AM
The top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee is calling for the military to immediately drop its mandate that service members be vaccinated against COVID-19, calling it a “politically motivated” decision by the administration.
“At a time when our adversaries continue to increase their quantitative and qualitative advantage against our forces, we should seek to ensure that no policy, even unintentionally, hinders military readiness,” Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., wrote in a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday.
“Most troublesome is the lack of clarity and consistency among the services as they look to implement the administration’s hasty vaccination mandate. Combined with the uncertainty and burden the vaccination mandate places on industry, this administration will do more damage to the nation’s security than any external threat.”
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2021/10/19/covid-vaccine-mandate-endangers-military-readiness-top-republican-lawmaker-claims/
