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	Podcast:		Federal Drive with Tom Temin
	Episode:		A decision on mandatory COVID vaccines for members of the military is looming
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:17:08
	Publish Date:		2021-08-05 18:30:44
	Description:		Defense officials are expected to decide within the next few days whether to make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for members of the military. The impending decision follows President Biden’s order last week requiring shots or testing for all federal employees. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has the final call. But at least one senior DoD public official says he’s all for mandatory vaccination. Rear Admiral Bruce Gillingham is the Navy’s surgeon general. He talked with Federal News Network’s Jared Serbu about what his service is seeing from the Delta variant.
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