1.   Before a skeptical House panel, the Pentagon on Wednesday defended its program of mandatory anthrax vaccinations for all troops, saying the shots are safe and effective.

2.   A defiant Fort Sam Houston soldier who is refusing an anthrax vaccination has been demoted and faces a court-martial for not following orders.

3.   Aloisio said the anthrax vaccination consists of a shot.

4.   His legislation would halt the anthrax vaccinations until the National Institutes of Health have completed additional studies.

5.   If anthrax vaccination makes sense, it should probably have been offered two months ago.

6.   Members of the military testified to a House subcommittee Wednesday that anthrax vaccinations made them sick, even though their higher-ups said the inoculation is safe.

7.   Since the Persian Gulf War, the U.S. military has required anthrax vaccinations for service personnel, but some have refused to take the injections because of these problems.

8.   Smith has also objected to the anthrax vaccinations that the federal government is supposed to be offering to post office employees in the next few days.

9.   Smith said he had heard that the anthrax vaccination had harmful side effects and could cause serious illness.

10.   U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen announced in December that all military personnel would eventually receive anthrax vaccinations.