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Oklahoma National Guard soldiers are roadkill for Gov. Kevin Stitt's political career: Rachel Maddow

Democratic Underground 30 Nov 2021

Kevin Stitt (R) and the Department of Defense and commander in chief. Stitt told National Guard soldiers in his ... Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma ... https.//www.rawstory.com/oklahoma-national-guard-kevin-stitt/.

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Oklahoma National Guard soldiers are 'roadkill' for Gov. Kevin Stitt's political career: Rachel Maddow

Raw Story 30 Nov 2021

Kevin Stitt (R) and the Department of Defense and commander in chief. Stitt told National Guard soldiers in his state to ignore the national vaccine requirement set by the Pentagon and the National Guard ... Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma.

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Fed denies Stitt request for National Guard vax exemption

Tahlequah Daily Press 30 Nov 2021

Kevin Stitt on Monday. The letter’s contents echoed earlier comments made by the Pentagon officials, but marked Austin’s first formal response to Stitt’s Nov ... At the time, Stitt reported that 10% of the state’s Guard personnel - about 800 people - said they either have not or do not plan to get vaccinated.

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Secretary of Defense denies Stitt’s request for National Guard exemption to vaccine mandate

The Norman Transcript 30 Nov 2021

Kevin Stitt on Monday. The letter’s contents echoed earlier comments made by Pentagon officials, but marked Austin’s first formal response to Stitt’s Nov ... At the time, Stitt reported that 10% of the state’s Guard personnel - about 800 people - said they either have not or do not plan to get vaccinated.

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Pentagon denies Stitt’s request for National Guard vaccine exemption

Enid News & Eagle 30 Nov 2021

Kevin Stitt in a letter on Monday. The letter’s contents echoed earlier comments made by the Pentagon officials, but marked Austin’s first formal response to Stitt’s Nov ... At the time, Stitt reported that 10% of the state’s Guard personnel — about 800 people — said they either have not or do not plan to get vaccinated.

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Austin Denies Oklahoma Bid for Exception to Vaccine Mandate

Democratic Underground 30 Nov 2021

Kevin Stitt that his state's National Guard be exempt from a Pentagon requirement that all military members be vaccinated against COVID-19. Stitt, a Republican, had asked Austin in early November to suspend the mandate for members of the Oklahoma Guard ... In his letter to Stitt, ...

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Pentagon rejects Oklahoma's request to exempt Guard from vaccine mandate

The Hill 30 Nov 2021

Kevin Stitt (R) to exempt his state’s National Guard from the Department of Defense’s vaccine mandate ... The Hill has reached out to Stitt's office and the Oklahoma National Guard for comment ... Shortly after Stitt asked Austin to exempt the Oklahoma National Guard from the mandate, Oklahoma National commander Army Brig.

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Defense secretary Lloyd Austin says Oklahoma National Guard members must get vaccinated

The Oklahoman 30 Nov 2021

Kevin Stitt on Monday. Guard members who don’t get vaccinated may be barred from participating in drills and training, and their status in the Guard could be jeopardized, Austin told Stitt in a letter ... Charlie Hannema, a spokesperson for Stitt, said Monday, “Gov ... Stitt shakes up state's National Guard leadership.

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Oklahoma bid for Guard exception to vaccine mandate denied

The Spokesman-Review 30 Nov 2021

Kevin Stitt that his state’s National Guard be exempt from a Pentagon requirement that all military members be vaccinated against COVID-19. Stitt, a Republican, had asked Austin in early November to suspend the mandate for members of the Oklahoma Guard ... So far, Stitt is the only governor to publicly challenge the military mandate.

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Pentagon denies Oklahoma request: Guard must be vaxxed

LA Daily News 30 Nov 2021

Kevin Stitt didn’t appear ready to back down. In response to Austin’s letter, a spokesman for Stitt said the governor “appreciates” the letter but “maintains his position that the governor is commander in chief for all members of the Oklahoma National Guard while they are on” state orders ... Stitt ordered Brig.

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Oklahoma bid for National Guard exception to vaccine mandate denied

Pittsburgh Tribune Review 30 Nov 2021

Kevin Stitt that his state’s National Guard be exempt from a Pentagon requirement that all military members be vaccinated against covid-19. Stitt, a Republican, had asked Austin in early November to suspend the mandate for members of the Oklahoma Guard ... So far, Stitt is the only governor to publicly challenge the military mandate.

photo: Oklahoma Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Kasey Phipps / Public Domain

Oklahoma National Guardsmen from throughout the state double and triple-check medical supply orders for quality while assigned to the Oklahoma’s Strategic National Stockpile in Oklahoma City, April 20, 2020

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Oklahoma bid for National Guard exception to vaccine mandate is denied

The Los Angeles Times 30 Nov 2021

Kevin Stitt that his state’s National Guard be exempt from a Pentagon requirement that all military members be vaccinated against COVID-19. Stitt, a Republican, had asked Austin in early November to suspend the mandate for members of the Oklahoma National Guard ... So far, Stitt is the only governor to publicly challenge the military mandate.

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Pentagon responds to Oklahoma National Guard’s vaccine exemption request

Russia Today 30 Nov 2021

In a letter on Monday, Austin formally rejected Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt’s request that the state’s National Guard be exempt from the Pentagon’s Covid-19 military vaccine mandate ... Though Governor Stitt expressed concern that the vaccine mandate could result ...

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What Oklahoma’s High Schoolers Can Teach Us

The Harvard Crimson 30 Nov 2021

On Thursday, Nov. 18, Governor J. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma commuted Jones’s death sentence to life imprisonment. Just hours before Jones’s scheduled execution at 4 p.m., Gov. Stitt gave word of this decision ... Stitt’s decision to commute Jones’s death was an impressively loud chorus of student activism ... Stitt to halt the execution ... Jones’s sentence ... .

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