GOP Seeks To Defund Pentagon’s Anti-Extremism Work

Roll Call reports:

Provisions to defund the Pentagon’s anti-extremism efforts are on tap for potential inclusion in the fiscal 2024 defense policy bill when members of the House Armed Service Committee hold their marathon markup session on June 21.

Those amendments, along with a third to evaluate staffing levels within the Defense Department’s so-called diversity, equity and inclusion office, offer an early sign of some of the pending disputes as conservatives target what they call “woke” Pentagon policies.

Specifically, Rep. Mark Alford’s amendments, shared with CQ Roll Call ahead of their formal introduction, would bar DOD from using any fiscal 2024 dollars for its working group aiming to counter extremism or for the deputy inspector general post lawmakers previously created seeking to root out extremism in the military.

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Alford, a freshman, is a former local television news anchor. This is his first appearance on JMG.

The proposals offer an early sign of some of the pending disputes as conservatives target what they call “woke” Pentagon policies. https://t.co/k1EtAc1ktm

— Roll Call (@rollcall) June 16, 2023