Free beer? Anheuser-Busch will buy you a round if America reaches Biden's July 4 vaccination goal
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The largest beer company in the United States is offering Americans free beer if the country reaches President Biden's July Fourth vaccination goal. Anheuser-Busch announced the initiative as part of Mr. Biden's push to get 70% of American adults at least partially vaccinated by Independence Day.
"Anheuser-Busch announced that beer's on them July the Fourth," Mr. Biden said at the White House on Wednesday. "That's right, get a shot and have a beer! Free beer for everyone 21 years or over to celebrate independence from the virus." "At Anheuser-Busch, we are committed to supporting the safe and strong recovery of our nation and being able to be together again at the places and with the people we have missed so much," company CEO Michel Doukeris said in a statement. "This commitment includes encouraging Americans to get vaccinated, and we are excited to buy Americans 21+ a round of beer when we reach the White House goal."Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.