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Hegseth faces heat as more than 220 troops contract flu at San Antonio’s Lackland Air Force Base

Trump’s Secretary of Defense is fielding criticism from both Republicans and Democrats for eliminating an annual vaccine mandate two months before the outbreak.

More than 220 troops at San Antonio’s Lackland Air Force Base have contracted influenza, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are assigning blame for the outbreak to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The upsurge in flu cases at the Alamo City site — the nation’s biggest military base by population at 67,000 service members […]

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