Aug. 10, 2021 Biden to approve SECDEF's request to make COVID-19 vaccine mandatory By mid-September, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III will request a waiver from President Joe Biden to make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for service members, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said.
July 9, 2021 Biden Explains Reasoning Behind Afghanistan Decision, Thanks U.S. Vets of the Fight President Joe Biden determined he would "not send another generation of Americans to war in Afghanistan with no reasonable expectation of achieving a different outcome," in making his drawdown decision.