Pentagon expands anthrax, smallpox vaccinations to forces in South Korea

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WASHINGTON, June 30 (Reuters) - The Pentagon plans to expand the number of troops receiving anthrax and smallpox vaccinations to forces based in South Korea, officials said on Wednesday.

Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, in a memo released on Wednesday, called the Pentagon's vaccination programs to protect troops against exposure to these germ warfare agents "a success."

"Building on that success and the continued threat of biological attack, it is prudent to expand our immunization programs now," Wolfowitz said in the memo.

The memo said the expansion affected U.S. forces in South Korea and added to the numbers of troops deployed in the Middle East getting the shots.

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