The American Military Academy has published nearly 400 books from its library after reported by the Defense Minister Pete Hegseta to reconsider and get rid of those whopromote diversity, justice and inclusionUS officials said on Tuesday.
Representatives of the Academy were ordered to review the library late last week, and the original search identified about 900 books for more careful viewing. They decided nearly 400 to take off and started doing so on Monday, finishing before Ggegset came to a visit on Tuesday, which was already planned and was not connected to the library’s cleaning, officials said. The book list has not yet been available.
Pulling out books from the shelves one step in the long-distance efforts of Trump administrationTurn off the so -called Dei contentFrom federal agencies, including politicians, programs, online social media and curricula in schools.
Pentagon’s press -secretary Sean Parnell said at the end of Tuesday: “All the Academy of Service is fully seeking to execute and implement the executive orders of President Trump.”
Military Academy in Anopolis, Maryland, Air Force Academy near Colorado -Springs, Colorado, and the US Military Academy in West -Point, New York, were not included in the executive order of President Donald Trump in January, which banned Dei, programs or training. Precisely because the academy is colleges.
Last week, the Pentagon leaders suddenly drew attention to the Military Academy when the media report noted that the school did not remove the books that were promoting Dei. The US official said the Academy was conducting a review and removal at the end of last week. It is unclear whether he was ordered by director Hegset or someone else in his staff.
The West Point official confirmed that the school had completed a review of its curriculum and was prepared for consideration of the contents of the library when it manages the army. The Air Force and the Military Academies also conducted reviews of the curriculum as required.
A spokesman for the Air Force Academy stated that the school constantly examines the curriculum, coursework and other materials to make sure that all this complies with executive orders and policies of the Ministry of Defense. Last week, Lieutenant General Tony Bernfede, head of the Air Force Academy, said Congress that the school was in the middle of the courses, but the books were not mentioned.
Officials made anonymity to discuss the Academy’s policy.
HEGSET aggressively pushed the department to erase Dei and Internet programsover the removal of military heroesand historical references to the web -based Defense Department and social media pages.
In response, the Department movedrestore some of these postsAs their removal was born.
The embarrassment in how to interpret Dei’s policy was emphasized on Monday, when the staff of the Military Academy mistakenly removed several photographs of outstanding graduates of Jewish Jews from the visit when they were preparing for the HEGST visit. The photos were put back.
In his statement, the Military Fleet said that it was clear that the photos were mistakenly removed from the Jewish Center for the Military Academy. It states that the leadership of the US Military -Marine Academy immediately takes measures to review and correct unauthorized removal.
Hegset talked to students and lunch at the Academy on Tuesday, but the media did not invite and did not allow the visit.
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