Bush Approves Smallpox Vaccination Plan

NPR | By Tom Gjelten

Published November 28, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

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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