Military Vax Mandate Could Fuel The Growing Recruit Shortage

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🗓️ 7 December 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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A fight is brewing over military vaccine mandates, as members of Congress push to repeal the mandate for requiring COVID-19 shots for service members while President Biden and his Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin believe the rule must stay in place. Republicans leading this effort argue forcing the vaccine on our troops is hurting military recruitment and they are calling to remove this requirement from the nation’s defense budget bill that is expected to be released next week. Retired Lt. General Tom Spoehr joins the Rundown to explain how COVID-19 vaccine requirements have impacted recruitment numbers, how delaying the National Defense Authorization Act could hurt the Department of Defense, and why the trend of declining military recruitment is cause for concern. Residents in Moore County, North Carolina have been left without power after targeted gunfire destroyed two electric substations this past weekend. The outage has left 45,000 homes and businesses without power, making them vulnerable to freezing temperatures without heat. While concerns regarding attacks on utilities typically involve cyber threats, one expert explains how physical threats can pose devastating consequences as well. President and Managing Director of Redland Strategies and former Homeland Security Advisor Michael Balboni joins the Rundown to discuss the circumstances of the attack, how utility hubs can bolster their security, and why he's concerned about copycats in the future. Plus, commentary by New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello I'm Ian Sulling and I'm with one of McCain's farmers who grow their
0:04.0	petite hang on these are odd looking potatoes. That's kale Ian. You do know you
0:08.9	need potato to make chips right? Yes but we don't just grow potatoes we actually
0:13.8	rotate different crops to help keep the soil healthy. So we eat McCain chips I'm
0:17.7	helping do some good. Exactly yeah you're supporting the move to regenerative
0:21.8	farming. By the way I do know the difference between kale and potatoes. Of course
0:27.2	you do. McCain let's all check in. I'm right there. I'm Maria Barter rummo. I'm
0:33.2	Brian Kilmeade and this is the Fox News rundown Wednesday December 7th 2022
0:42.7	only subradi an old COVID debate comes back around on Capitol Hill just as the
0:48.3	US military is struggling to meet recruiting goals. So the COVID vaccine
0:52.7	layered on top of the other issues it's just making what could have been just
0:57.0	a difficult year you know a crisis. I'm Dave Anthony the attack that knocked out
1:03.0	power in North Carolina has utilities everywhere re-evaluating security. What
1:09.1	everybody fears most is that there is an outage attack whether it's physical
1:13.6	or cyber that would cause what they call a cascading outage. And I'm Carol
1:17.8	Markowitz I've got the final word on the Fox News rundown. How the US military
1:26.5	operates including how it spends money is in limbo for now with an annual policy
1:31.6	bill held up in Congress partly over a renewed debate about the military's
1:36.6	COVID vaccine mandate Republicans making a renewed push for that mandate to be
1:41.6	repealed Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer calls that befuddling. COVID
1:46.3	vaccines have saved lives the military has had requirements about other
1:51.0	vaccines for decades and there hasn't been a problem. House Democrats agreed to
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