Fox News: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says 'no more DEI at Department of Defense': 'No exceptions'

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says 'no more DEI at Department of Defense': 'No exceptions'

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Department of Defense would be following President Trump's orders immediately and end DEI programs.......                    ...                        ...You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login is the latest agency that is disbanding all diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs following President Donald Trump's executive order terminating all federal DEI programs......."The President's guidance (lawful orders) is clear: No more DEI at Dept. of Defense," You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login wrote in a post on X.......In a handwritten note shared along with the post on X, Hegseth wrote: "The Pentagon will comply, immediately. No exceptions, name-changes, or delays."......Hegseth added that "those who do not comply will no longer work here." ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., echoed Hegseth, writing: "The best way to stop discriminating against people on the basis of race or gender is to stop discriminating against people on the basis of race or gender," Kennedy wrote in a post on X. "Let DEI die." ......Hegseth, 44, was sworn in on Saturday morning after he secured his confirmation to lead the Pentagon on Friday after weeks of intense political drama surrounding his nomination and public scrutiny into his personal life. ......"All praise and glory to God. His will be done and we're grateful to be here," Hegseth said after taking the oath of office, surrounded by his wife and children.......Hegseth is a former Minnesota National Guard officer who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and a former Fox News host. ......Trump's newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), headed up by You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, reported that approximately $420 million in current/impending contracts, mainly focused on DEI initiatives, had also been canceled. ......On Inauguration Day, Trump You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login that forced all DEI offices to close and placed all government workers in those offices on paid leave.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Charles Ezell sent a memo to heads and acting heads of departments and agencies directing them that by the end of business on Jan. 22, they were to inform all agency employees of the DEI shutdown. In addition, they were instructed to tell workers directly involved in DEI to take down all DEI-related websites and social media accounts, cancel any related contracts or training, and ask employees to report any efforts to disguise DEI programs by using coded or imprecise language.......The memo also directed the heads of agencies and departments that by noon on Jan. 23, they were to provide OPM with lists of all DEI offices, employees, and related contracts in effect as of Nov. 5, 2024.......By Friday, Jan. 24, at 5 p.m., agency heads were required to submit to OPM a written plan for executing a reduction-in-force action regarding DEI employees and a list of all contract descriptions or personnel position descriptions that were changed since Nov. 5, 2024, to obscure their connection to DEI programs.......The president also signed an order making it "the official policy of the U.S. government to only recognize two genders: male and female."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Trump issued two other You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login — an executive order to end discrimination in the workplace and higher education through race- and sex-based preferences under the guise of DEI and a memo to eliminate a Biden administration policy that prioritized DEI hiring at the Federal Aviation Administration.......In his executive order, Trump wrote that he sought to protect Americans from discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. He said these civil-rights protections "serve as a bedrock supporting equality of opportunity for all Americans" and that he "has a solemn duty to ensure that these laws are enforced for the benefit of all Americans."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"Yet today, roughly 60 years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, critical and influential institutions of American society, including the Federal Government, major corporations, financial institutions, the medical industry, large commercial airlines, law enforcement agencies, and institutions of higher education have adopted and actively use dangerous, demeaning, and immoral race- and sex-based preferences under the guise of so-called 'diversity, equity, and inclusion' (DEI) or 'diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility' (DEIA) that can violate the civil-rights laws of this Nation," the order reads.......It adds that these "illegal DEI and DEIA policies also threaten the safety of American men, women, and children across the Nation by diminishing the importance of individual merit, aptitude, hard work, and determination when selecting people for jobs and services in key sectors of American society, including all levels of government, and the medical, aviation, and law-enforcement communities.......Prior to Trump's order, the FBI closed its DEI office in December. ......Fox News' Brooke Singman, Brie Stimson, Michael Dorgan and Landon Mion contributed to this report. ...

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