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Navy says sailors who decline vaccine cannot resume normal life Jamie McIntyre © Provided by Washington Examiner DOD header 2020 TURNING UP THE PRESSURE: Life is about to get easier for some hundreds of thousands of naval personnel who have been voluntarily vaccinated against COVID-19, while refuseniks in the fleet will continue to contend with continued restrictions on their freedom of movement and access to facilities. Because the vaccines for COVID have been approved under an emergency use authorization, they have not been mandated by the Pentagon, although it’s clear ...

A New Era for Cooperation? The U.S.-ROK Alliance After the Moon-Biden Summit Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 10:00 am ET - 11:00 am ET On May 21, South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House, the first meeting between the two leaders. With the Biden administration having recently concluded a policy review advocating a cautious approach to diplomacy with Pyongyang, even as President Moon has pledged to use his final year in office to achieve a diplomatic breakthrough, the summit will be an important test of their ability to forge a common appr...

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley asks, ‘Where are the black generals?’ Jamie McIntyre © Provided by Washington Examiner DOD header 2020 ‘WE MUST GET BETTER’: Before the nation’s top military officer swore in 21 new second lieutenants to the Army at a commissioning ceremony at Howard University, one of the nation’s premier Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Washington, D.C., he paused to reflect on the U.S. military’s egalitarian ethos, as well as its failure to become a “truly inclusive” force. “Our force is almost 20% African American...

As Blinken heads to Ukraine, Zelensky undercuts Western support with surprise sacking of energy executive Jamie McIntyre BLINKEN’S UKRAINE MISSION: Secretary of State Antony Blinken wraps up his meetings with G-7 foreign ministers in London today and heads to Ukraine, where tomorrow he meets with President Volodymyr Zelensky. Blinken’s primary mission is to show solid support for Zelenesky’s government in the face of Russia’s recent military buildup along the country’s eastern border and the implicit threat of aggression. But as Zelensky has lobbied for faster admi...

‘A CALIBRATED, PRACTICAL APPROACH’: Speaking at a meeting of the G-7 foreign ministers in London, Secretary of State Antony Blinken declined to return fire in the wake of incendiary statements from North Korea in reaction to President Joe Biden’s reference to the North’s nuclear program as a “serious threat.”