White House Leaves Open Possibility Biden Will Sign Bill That Removes Military’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

President Joe Biden could sign a defense funding bill that includes the termination of the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, the White House signaled on Dec. 7.
John Kirby, National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, declined to say whether Biden would sign the measure if the mandate’s removal remains but didn’t say that the president would veto it.
Instead, Kirby said including the provision in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was “a mistake.”
“Making sure our troops are ready to defend this country and prepared to do so, that remains the President’s priority, and the vaccine requirement for COVID does just that,” Kirby said during a press briefing on Dec. 7. “But Republicans in Congress have obviously decided that they’d rather fight against the health and well-being of those troops, rather than protecting them.”…}