Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND)
WASHINGTON (KFGO) – Sen. John Hoeven joined 10 other U.S. senators who are urging the Pentagon to reinstate soldiers who were discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccination.
The senators, who addressed the letter to Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, are asking for all COVID-19 vaccine-related discharges to stop, to quickly reinstate those who were discharged, and give those soldiers back pay and full benefits.
The senate recently approved the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which ended the vaccine mandate that had been in place.
“This year’s NDAA, which provides essential funding and sets defense and national security policy for the United States, also contains a key provision we fought for which eliminates the requirement for service members to receive the COVID-19 vaccine,” the senators wrote. “While we are proud to see this needed change included, simply reversing the COVID-19 vaccine mandate is insufficient to right the wrongs done to our service members.”
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