The leaders of the armed forces are pressuring their boss, Defense Secretary Mark Esper, to ban the public display of the Confederate flag at Defense Department facilities, amid opposition from the White House, according to three defense officials.
Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, in particular, is pushing Esper "hard" to issue a ban on the Confederate flag, two defense officials reported. McCarthy has recently taken steps aimed at eliminating unconscious bias in the ranks, including doing away with the use of official photos as a requirement in the promotion board process for officers.
ordering several immediate actions, including removing photographs from consideration by officer promotion boards, updating the department’s equal opportunity and diversity inclusion policies and reviewing hairstyle and grooming policies to prevent racial bias., which met for the first time on Wednesday.
“The actions I am directing are a necessary first step, but I have no illusion that these initial actions will fully address the concerns many of us know and which I have personally heard from many service members,” Esper said in a statement.
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Thought the Military had already issued Bans........
I did not learn this in any of my American history classes. I just learned this today.
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