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Pentagon Backs Off Plan to Give Virus Vaccine to Guantanamo Prisoners

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Pentagon chief spokesman John Kirby said in a tweet Saturday that the Defense Department would be "pausing" the plan to give the vaccination to those held at Guantanamo while it reviews measures to protect troops who work there.