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Bush Approves Smallpox Vaccination Plan

NPR | By Tom Gjelten
Published November 27, 2002 at 11:00 PM CST

President Bush approves a proposal from the Pentagon and other federal agencies to vaccinate for smallpox about 1 million U.S. military personnel and civilian medical workers. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.

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