them. s the pentagon has long required all-u.s. military personnel to get shots to protect against things, like measles and mumps and smallpox and diphtheria.to i mean, depending on where in the world you might be serving for the u.s. military, u.s. troops are required to receive up-to-17 different vaccinations before they are allowed to deploy, before they re allowed to serve. well, as of today, the covid vaccine will be one more addition to the existing, long list of mandatory vaccines for people in the u.s. military. this is a big deal. it s a big deal for the military. it s a big deal for the country. it s a big deal for the fight against covid-19.an. ecveth i b president biden had, previously, asked defense secretary lloyd austin to study whether t ive duty u.s. troops should be required to take the vaccine. today, secretary austin announced that, after studying the matter, he will ask president biden, as commander ih chief, to, in fact, require those vaccinations. this
is investigating voting in irregularities. so un georgia should call special session, nick wink wink, nudge nudge, and send all of your electors to washington. so since george is run by republicans, they would be trump electors. that would be a violation of georgia state law, that would be a violation of the will of the, people trump lost the election, it would put the election process into chaos. thankfully, rosen, refused to sign. at the letter was never sent. not for lack of trying though. because the new york times reported that jeffrey clark cooked up a plot with donald trump. madam in person, for trump to fire rosen so that jeffrey park could take his role and send a letter. and it was just won the senior justice of we learned something after the show last night, they weren t as targeting georgia. it turns out that this guy jeff, was writing or drafting these types of letters with all the six states that ended up going for joe biden, and i think that, you know, when
pushing to get the 50 votes needed for the legislation to pass. we are determined to get the american rescue plan across the finish line. we don t care how many amendments they have, how many hours, how many days, we re going to get this done because this is about, you know, getting vaccinations in people s arms and financial help to people and kids back in school safely. we re going to be talking to that senator stabenow ourselves. in the meantime, if successful, the bill will head back for one final vote and on to president biden s desk for his signature. the final version of this bill includes a third round of stimulus checks, $1,400 for those who qualify, billions of dollars in funding to state and local governments and, again, $300 a week in jobless benefits until september, with a tax relief provision, 11th hour compromise that sparked this heated exchange on the senate floor overnight. suddenly, if you re on unemployment insurance, you don t have to pay taxes but
and contentious week for the new administration. on thursday, the united states carried out air strikes in syria targeting iranian-backed militias in retaliation for attacks on american personnel in iraq. mr. president, what message were you sending to iran with your first military action? you can t get you can t act with impunity. be careful. on friday, the director of national intelligence released a report finding that saudi arabia s crown prince mohammad bin salman approved the murder of washington post columnist jamal khashoggi. the administration said it would not impose direct sanctions on the crown prince but the president told reporters saturday to expect more news on saudi arabia tomorrow. in the early hours saturday morning, the house passed biden s $1.9 trillion covid relief bill. it now heads to the senate with democrats hoping to get it on biden s desk by march 14th. but it won t be completely smooth sailing. the bill has one big sticking point to the