Daily Republic: Friday, February 5, 2021

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Pentagon orders pause to address extremism in ranks

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Tribune Content Agency WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is reviewing how to improve screening of military recruits to eliminate extremism in its ranks after the riot at the U.S. Capitol served as a “wake-up call” when members of the military were discovered to have participated, a defense official said. The services screen roughly 500,000 applicants each year who seek to join the military, of which about 200,000 enter as new recruits. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin directed the review Wednesday during a meeting with all of the military service chiefs

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexander Merchak

U.S. Air Force Maj. Jeffery Legaspi, 60th Surgical Operations Squadron operation nurse, injects Maj.

Brett Mattison with the influenza vaccine at the point of distribution in a hangar at Travis Air Force Base.

Virtual town hall focuses on vaccine distribution in military Amy Maginnis-Honey

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FAIRFIELD — The distribution of Covid-19 vaccines to military members and their families was the topic of a webinar Thursday afternoon hosted by the American Red Cross and Blue Star Families. The event also included remarks from First Lady Jill Biden and Dr. Anthony Fauci. “The fight against Covid-19 is a battle we can win,” Biden said. “Brighter days are ahead.” “We are still within the grip of this (pandemic),” Fauci said. He also noted that more than

32 million vaccinations have already been given. He also fielded some questions on the efficacy of the vaccines, and how it may affect people with autoimmune diseases and pregnant women. Fauci noted studies are just getting underway about the vaccine that is used in those younger than 18. Pregnant women were not included in the initial trial due to their degree of vulnerability, he said. Now, more than 10,000 pregnant women have received the vaccine, with “no red flags,” Fauci said.

When quizzed on whether the vaccine will be an annual necessity, Fauci said that remains a mystery. He said the hope is the vaccine lasts more than a year. Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shared that more than 22,000 National Guard troops are playing key roles in administering the vaccine. Lt. Gen. Ronald J. Place, director of the Defense Health Agency, encouraged family members of service members to check their local community to find vaccine information. The vaccine has been

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FAIRFIELD — Solano County added 101 new Covid-19 cases Thursday, the day before holding a two-day mass vaccination event at the county fairgrounds in Vallejo. The target of the event are residents 75 or older and those who were part

of the initial priority vaccination groups who had not yet received their vaccinations, the county reported. The county partnered with Kaiser Per- Matyas manente and NorthBay Healthcare to put on the event. It expects

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to vaccinate 1,500 Friday and 2,000 Saturday. D r. B el a Matyas, the public health officer, has been predicting the numbers to be in the low-100s this week. Monday’s three-day weekend average was 162; Tuesday saw 99 cases;

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U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, leaves her office on Capitol Hill, Thursday.

Solano health officials’ expectations for pandemic case rate hit mark Daily Republic Staff

to get a better understanding of how deep extremist views may have infiltrated military ranks, and to begin to look for options to root them out. “Changes to recruit screening did come up,” Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said in an interview with McClatchy. “Every service did it differently. One of the things that was discussed was when and to what degree do we assess people” for connections to groups with extremist ideologies, he said. Austin’s review will also require all of the military services to hold a “stand down,” which

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and Wednesday had 120. The total number of cases in the county is now 28,511. The Covid-related death toll went up to 134, with four individuals who died at home – two women in their 50s and one man and one woman who were 65 or older – and the See Mark, Page A8

“These were words of the past,” Greene said during Thursday’s floor speech. “These things do not represent me. They do not represent my district. And they do not represent my values.” Democrats, along with 11 Republicans, still moved forward with disciplining the Rome lawmaker for those previous comments and

WASHINGTON — Georgia U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene walked back some of her most controversial statements, saying she believes that 9/11 happened and that school shootings are real. Although she stopped short of any apologies, she said she hoped she would get a chance to show colleagues and the public who she is.

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Biden lays out new path on foreign policy Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Declaring “America is back” and promising to restore U.S. alliances around the world, President Joe Biden used his first major foreign policy speech since taking office to lay out a starkly different path from that of his predecessor. In one major reversal, the administration announced on Thursday an end to U.S. participation in offensive military operations in Yemen, where

Saudi Arabia, with American support, has battled Iranianbacked Houthi rebels for years in campaigns that have killed thousands of civilians and triggered an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. Biden also halted a controversial sale of precision-guided weapons to Saudi Arabia, which former President Donald Trump sought to execute in defiance of congressional opposition, and named a special envoy for Yemen as a way to more

aggressively find a diplomatic solution to that country’s civil war, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said at a White House briefing prior to the president’s speech. The moves reflect Biden’s interest in establishing a more neutral role for the U.S. in the conflict, which was decidedly pro-Riyadh under Trump. Biden sought to rally foreign service officers who felt ignored during the Trump years while pledging to restore the U.S. to a preem-

inent role in global diplomacy that would include cooperation with allies. “We will compete from a position of strength,” Biden said, “by building back better at home, working with our allies and partners, renewing our role in international institutions, and reclaiming our credibility and moral authority. “America’s most cherished democratic values,” he added, See Biden, Page A8

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