republicans threatening to block the annual defense authorization bill, senator? because of mandatory military vaccinations. what republicans are doing is working to be certain that we get included in the defense authorization act. the ability to keep dod from firing our men and women in uniform because they are not taking a covid shot. bear in mind, carbon vaccine, it s not like any of those vaccines you think of with polio or smallpox, things of that nature, trace. this is a shot. it is important to stand with our men and women in uniform to protect them and make certain that our military is able to meet their recruiting numbers so that we do not harm our nation s security because we have a shrinking military. trace: senator blackburn, thank you for coming on.
The commander’s lawyer said the officer was told April 8 that he was reassigned to a shore command and so did not get underway with his ship on April 11.