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| Defense secretary orders military-wide stand down to combat extremism |
| 2021-02-05 |
| [UPI] Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said he has ordered a military-wide stand down over the next 60 days to deal with extremism in the military's ranks after active and former military personnel participated in the mob that stormed the Capitol building last month. "Today, I met with senior leaders to discuss extremism in the military. As a first step, I'm ordering a stand down to occur over the next 60 days so each service, each command and each unit can have a deeper conversation about this issue," he said in a statement. "It comes down to leadership." Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby told reporters during a press conference Wednesday that details of the military pause, such as what training service members will undergo and what exactly the goals the military seeks to accomplish are, need to be hammered out. The purpose of the stand down, however, will be to reinforce the Pentagon's policies and values and to start a two-way conversation between the troops and leadership about extremism, Kirby said. The meeting between Austin, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley and other military leaders was "an initial discussion" and the issue of extremism and White supremacy within the military, Kirby said. Austin told the military leaders that the vast majority of those who serve in uniform do so with honor and integrity but no matter how few espouse such beliefs that led to the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol it is an issue that needs to be addressed. "No matter what it is, it is ... not an insignificant problem," Kirby said. Austin, who is the first Black American to lead the Department of Defense, is still considering how he wants to attack the issue of extremism from an institutional perspective, and he may establish a task force to do so. Related: Lloyd Austin: 2021-02-03 Iranian proxies rearming in Iraq Lloyd Austin: 2021-02-03 New Defense secretary reportedly boots Pres. Trump picks from Pentagon boards Lloyd Austin: 2021-01-31 Australian military to continue patrolling South China Sea as Beijing warns Taiwan independence ‘means war’ Related: White supremacy: 2020-06-21 NC governor orders Confederate monuments removed at Capitol after statues toppled White supremacy: 2019-12-06 Israel Equals Jewish ‘Supremacy’: Linda Sarsour Again Stoops To Antisemitism White supremacy: 2019-09-29 Tom Brady's Popularity Stems From The 'Latest Wave Of White Rage And White Supremacy' Professor Claims |
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