{"id":3218,"date":"2025-01-31T21:25:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T21:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/pentagons-intelligence-arm-pausing-mlk-holocaust-remembrance-and-other-observations\/"},"modified":"2025-01-31T21:25:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T21:25:13","slug":"pentagons-intelligence-arm-pausing-mlk-holocaust-remembrance-and-other-observations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/pentagons-intelligence-arm-pausing-mlk-holocaust-remembrance-and-other-observations\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon&#8217;s intelligence arm pausing MLK, Holocaust Remembrance and other observations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The Pentagon&#8217;s intelligence arm has issued a memo pausing any activities related to Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth, Black History Month, LBGTQ+ Pride Month and Holocaust Remembrance Day, among other &#8220;special observances,&#8221; according to a defense official who confirmed the authenticity of the memo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The memo listed 11 such observances that employees are no longer supposed to recognize with office activities or events.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The move by the Defense Intelligence Agency is meant to comply with President Trump&#8217;s executive actions to end federal programs related to diversity, equity and inclusion in the military.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The contents of the memo were<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kenklippenstein\/status\/1884623315911823747\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> first posted<\/a> on X by independent journalist Ken Klippenstein.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump signed an <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-orders-end-diversity-programs-dei\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">executive order<\/a><\/span> on Inauguration Day calling for the &#8220;termination&#8221; of all &#8220;discriminatory programs, including illegal DEI and diversity, equity, including and accessibility (DEIA) mandates, policies, programs, preferences, and activities in the federal government.&#8221; A week later, on Monday, he signed another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/restoring-americas-fighting-force\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">executive order<\/a> specifically targeting DEI employees and activities in the military.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump has emphasized ending recognition of DEI issues and observances as a key part of his agenda, and he <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/watch-live-trump-to-speak-on-dc-plane-crash\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">suggested Thursday that DEI<\/a><\/span> may bear some blame for the deadly collision between a commercial plane and a Black Hawk helicopter earlier this week, though when asked what evidence he&#8217;d seen to support the claim, he responded, &#8220;It just could have been. We have a high standard.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Parts of the Pentagon have tried to comply with the executive order ahead of a formal directive from the Defense Department.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend, the Air Force <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/tuskegee-airmen-wasps-lesson-removed-us-air-force-curriculum-memo-dei-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">revised a course<\/a><\/span> in basic military training related to diversity that also included videos of the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/tuskegee-airmen-air-force-trump-dei\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Tuskegee Airmen<\/a><\/span> and Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs). The brief removal of the videos prompted a backlash when the videos were briefly removed from training to review the course.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lt. Gen. Brian S. Robinson, Air Education and Training Command commander, said in a statement after the review that the course had been revised to focus &#8220;on the documented historic legacy and decorated valor with which these units and Airmen fought for our Nation in World War II and beyond.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pete-hegseth-confirmation-vote-senate-defense-secretary\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth<\/a><\/span> in his first week on the job established a &#8220;Restoring America&#8217;s Fighting Force Task Force&#8221; to focus on rooting out DEI efforts in the Pentagon. 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