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U.S. Military Will Seek to Mandate Vaccinations for Active-Duty Troops

FILE — A soldier receives a COVID-19 vaccine at Fort Bragg in North Carolina on Feb. 24, 2021. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will seek to order mandatory coronavirus vaccines for 1.3 million active duty American troops, even if the Food and Drug Administration has not issued full approval for the inoculation, administration officials said Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)