The latest amendment eliminates all offices of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within the Pentagon.
, with 209 voting against it and three not voting. Four Republicans cast their vote against the amendment supported by an overwhelming majority of GOP lawmakers.
Arizona Republican Eli Crane defended barring diversity training from being a prerequisite for military jobs and promotions while using the phrase"colored people."The military was never intended to be, you know, inclusive. My amendment has nothing to do with whether or not colored people, or Black people, or anybody can serve," Crane said, stating that meeting standards should be the only requirement in the military.
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