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WASHINGTON (AP) - Military forces must begin receiving the COVID-19 vaccine immediately, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in a memo on Wednesday, ordering service officers to "set ambitious implementation schedules." More than…

Just days after the Taliban took over Afghanistan's government and Kabul's international airport turned chaotic, the U.S. is working to evacuate as many as 2,000 people a day.The Taliban, which on Tuesday promised a more inclusive…

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Saturday approved an additional 1,000 US troops for deployment in Afghanistan and increased the number of US troops to approximately 5,000 to ensure Biden made an "orderly and safe withdrawal" of…

Austin's "bias is to make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for troops on active duty," a defense official told CNN.If the secretary made this final recommendation, he could request a presidential waiver so that the vaccine could be…