Watch Live: Biden delivers remarks on COVID-19 response and vaccine distribution
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Washington — President Biden will deliver remarks on Tuesday on his administration's response to COVID-19 and the state of vaccination distribution. Mr. Biden's comments come ahead of the expected action by the Food and Drug Administration to authorize Pfizer and BioNTech's vaccine for administration to adolescents by early next week.
In a speech before a joint session of Congress last week, the president said that 90% of Americans now live within five miles of a vaccination site. More than 40% of adults are now fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).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.