external In the Media October 20, 2021 Robert Sanders, associate professor and chair of national security, comments on the letter sent by Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma to the Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin demanding the Pentagon's mandate to vaccinate all troops be suspended. https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2021-10-20/pentagon-squares-off-with-congressional-republicans-over-vaccine-mandate news-all news-in-the-media year-2021 month-october