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Pentagon deploys troops to fuel COVID-19 vaccine drive

by Lolita C. BaldorRicardo Alonso-Zaldivar
| February 7, 2021 12:09 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will deploy more than 1,100 troops to five vaccination centers in what will be the first wave of increased military support for the White House campaign to get more Americans inoculated against COVID-19.

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