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Here is the official HHS press release.
Key passages (emphasis mine):
I suspect this isn't a controversy. What are the chances that the vaccine is being produced and staged for delivery in the US and Germany? My guess is that the vaccine being produced in the US will likely be used here while those vials being produced in Germany will be used in the EU.
Operation Warp Speed is more of a logistical operation than anything. Yes, there is some co-development with some vaccine manufacturers but that is simply $$$ and accelerated FDA approval. The primary value of Operation Warp Speed is the military dissemination of the vaccine quickly and safely around the US.
Israel purchased 8M doses of Pfizer's vaccine. I'm sure Pfizer has a process for dissemination of their vaccine and contract language that reinforces it but clearly they are between a challenging position about who gets what first.