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U.S. President Joe Biden signs executive actions in the Oval Office of the White House on January 28, 2021 in Washington, DC (Getty Images)
The new administration of President Joe Biden has decided to give coronavirus vaccinations to suspected terrorists at Guantánamo Bay first and then to the general public. A report by the New York Times stated that the Pentagon will provide the vaccine of the Covid-19 to the inmates of the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba as soon as next week. Fox News reported it on Thursday, January 28, after getting information from defense officials with knowledge of the decision.
Biden Can End the War on Terror on Day One
Presidents have relied on outdated authorizations for two decades. The president-elect must end this practice.
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President George W. Bush signs a resolution authorizing the use of force against Iraq, October 16, 2002, in the East Room of the White House.
This story is part of the Prospect
âs series on how the next president can make progress without new legislation. Read all of our Day One Agenda articles here.
Even as Americaâs military footprint has dramatically expanded across two decades, Congressâs war powers have atrophied for lack of use. Americaâs founders intended for the act of going to war to be slow, challenging, and deliberate. But with a generous Pentagon budget, limited congressional oversight, and the secretive nature of special operations forces, going to war has never been easier!