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War Secretary Swears In General Forced To Retire After Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine

ZeroHedge28 October 2026, 19:50 UTCUnited States of America

War Secretary Swears In General Forced To Retire After Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times,War Secretary Pete Hegseth has welcomed back an Air Force general who was forced to retire because she did not want to take the COVID-19 vaccine when it was mandated during the pandemic, the Department of War said on Oct. 27.Hegseth, during a ceremony at the Pentagon on Oct. 23, swore Air Force Brig. Gen. Melissa Cunningham back into the service. Cunningham was forced to retire in the fall of 2022 after refusing the vaccine."What a wonderful thing it is

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