Image: Wikimedia Commons (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza, June 22, 2025) President Donald Trump and War Secretary Pete Hegseth have claimed Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives are finished, but is that really the case? On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing,” which required the elimination of DEI performance requirements in federal agencies. Four months later, in April, War Secretary Hegseth took to X to affirm “DEI is DEAD at DOD.” As we said from day one: DEI is DEAD at DOD. pic.twitter.com/0hl49kpINe — Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) April 18, 2025 War Secretary Hegseth once again expressed his views to eliminate “toxic ideological garbage” from…
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