Pentagon Wants To Restart Full Anthrax Vaccine Program No Later Than January

By Thomas Duffy / July 18, 2000 at 5:00 AM
In a message sent to all military commands yesterday, Deputy Defense Secretary Rudy de Leon said the Pentagon will take "all appropriate steps" to resume its full-scale anthrax vaccination program no later than January. De Leon's memo is the first full policy statement issued by the Defense Department since DOD announced last week that the vaccine program was being scaled back because of a dwindling supply. Along with working to fully restore the vaccine program, the Army, as executive agent...

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