Hegseth declares war on racial and gender diversity efforts in US military

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During incendiary speech, defense secretary said: ‘Any general ... involved in any of that DEI woke shit has got to go’At an address of assembled generals and admirals, Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, outlined changes to military policy and philosophy in a set of 10 directives meant to change organizational culture around fitness, race and gender, describing the previous state of military affairs as the “woke department.”Decrying “the insane fallacy that diversity is our strength”, Hegseth said he had chosen to fire previous generals because they had been personally invested in progressive ideas about diversity. Continue reading...

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