A company has mandated the use of multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all IAM users, and requires users to make all API-calls using the CLI. However, users are not prompted to enter MFA tokens, and are able to run CLI commands without MFA. In an attempt to enforce MFA, the company attached an IAM policy to all users that denies API calls that have not been authenticated with MFA. What additional step must be taken to ensure that API calls are authenticated using MFA?
A) Enable MFA on IAM roles, and require IAM users to use role credentials to sign API calls.
B) Ask the IAM users to log into the AWS Management Console with MFA before making API calls using the CLI.
C) Restrict the IAM users to use of the console, as MFA is not supported for CLI use.
D) Require users to use temporary credentials from the get-session token command to sign API calls.

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Users need to use temporary credentials obtained from the `get-session-token` command, which requires MFA, to sign API calls. This ensures that the API calls are authenticated using MFA.

A Company Has Mandated the Use of Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)