Wed Jul 12, 2023 – 4:38 pm EDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — Prioritizing diversity and a politically correct work environment gives the United States Armed Forces a “strategic advantage,” the Biden administration claimed Monday in response to a GOP proposal to ban various “woke” practices from the military.
Fox News reports that Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives want the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the next fiscal year to include language eliminating the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DOD’s) diversity, equity, inclusion, & accessibility (DEIA) programs, ban drag shows from military events, defund critical race theory (CRT) initiatives, abolish the DOD’s chief diversity officer position, and prohibit DEIA jobs from being classified as senior positions.
“We passed my amendments slashing DEI bureaucrats, banning race and gender quotas in military recruiting and promotions, reinstating unvaccinated service members fired by the Biden administration, and shutting down the Navy’s drag queen digital ambassador program, and we passed provisions to defund critical race theory courses at West Point and our service,” U.S. Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) said in June.
On Monday, the White House issued a statement blasting the amendments, claiming that the military’s “strategic advantage in
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