Defense Secretary Urges Service Members To Consider Vaccine in New Video By Austin Landis Washington, D.C. PUBLISHED 4:17 PM ET Feb. 24, 2021 PUBLISHED 4:17 PM EST Feb. 24, 2021
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In a video released Wednesday, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin addressed service members about the COVID-19 vaccine and the decision about whether to get the shot, calling it safe and effective.
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In a video address, Secretary of Defense Austin urged service members to consider getting the COVID-19 vaccine
He noted the safety and effectivness of the vaccine and the fact that he himself had gotten the shot
Last week, defense officials testified that about one-third of service members had opted out of the vaccine
Travel Ban Repeal Gives Separated Families New Hope, But Reunification Will Take Time By Austin Landis Washington, D.C. PUBLISHED 4:20 PM ET Jan. 29, 2021 PUBLISHED 4:20 PM EST Jan. 29, 2021
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Mina Mahdavi’s son is three-and-a-half, but he’s still never had a sleepover with his grandma.
“We have a guest room, so one night they can,” she said. “That would be cool.”
Mahdavi has renewed hope that her mother, Parvin Chaichi, who lives in Iran, could soon spend time with her first grandchild. He was born in 2017, the year then-President Donald Trump banned travel from seven Muslim-majority countries, and she s only seen him once since then.