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Pentagon asks Supreme Court to allow it to stop the deployment of unvaccinated SEALs

The request comes after a federal judge in Texas blocked the Navy from halting the deployment of Navy SEALs who won't comply with the military's vaccine mandate.
The Secretary of Defense asked the Supreme Court on Monday to restore the department's authority over the deployment of Navy SEALs who refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

The Biden administration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate a major portion of its program mandating members of the military to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

In January a federal district court judge in Texas issued an order barring the Navy from requiring all SEALs to be vaccinated for COVID-19. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the order, and also refused to temporarily

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