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Tom Bowman

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Up First from NPR
Trump Visits Disaster Zones, DEI and the Military, London Hacking Hearing

And by the way, a Marine panel voted to keep him in, and he's still on active duty.

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Trump Visits Disaster Zones, DEI and the Military, London Hacking Hearing

Well, first of all, it's important to note that about one in five of those who were arrested for January 6th activities had military backgrounds, nearly all veterans. Now, Pentagon officials have long insisted that they don't have an extremism problem, that the numbers are small. You know, they really don't know because they've never collected data.

Up First from NPR
Trump Visits Disaster Zones, DEI and the Military, London Hacking Hearing

Well, first of all, it's important to note that about one in five of those who were arrested for January 6th activities had military backgrounds, nearly all veterans. Now, Pentagon officials have long insisted that they don't have an extremism problem, that the numbers are small. You know, they really don't know because they've never collected data.

Up First from NPR
Trump Visits Disaster Zones, DEI and the Military, London Hacking Hearing

Well, first of all, it's important to note that about one in five of those who were arrested for January 6th activities had military backgrounds, nearly all veterans. Now, Pentagon officials have long insisted that they don't have an extremism problem, that the numbers are small. You know, they really don't know because they've never collected data.

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Trump Visits Disaster Zones, DEI and the Military, London Hacking Hearing

And the services within just within the last several months said they would collect such data. And they outlined prohibitive behavior such as joining militia groups, raising money for them or attending rallies for extremist groups.

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Trump Visits Disaster Zones, DEI and the Military, London Hacking Hearing

And the services within just within the last several months said they would collect such data. And they outlined prohibitive behavior such as joining militia groups, raising money for them or attending rallies for extremist groups.

Up First from NPR
Trump Visits Disaster Zones, DEI and the Military, London Hacking Hearing

And the services within just within the last several months said they would collect such data. And they outlined prohibitive behavior such as joining militia groups, raising money for them or attending rallies for extremist groups.

Up First from NPR
Trump Visits Disaster Zones, DEI and the Military, London Hacking Hearing

Well, he has been very outspoken, not only about his opposition to DEI programs, but also efforts to better understand whether the Pentagon and the military services have an extremism problem. Here he is at his confirmation hearing when he was asked about that by Republican Senator Kevin Cramer of North Dakota. Let's listen.

Up First from NPR
Trump Visits Disaster Zones, DEI and the Military, London Hacking Hearing

Well, he has been very outspoken, not only about his opposition to DEI programs, but also efforts to better understand whether the Pentagon and the military services have an extremism problem. Here he is at his confirmation hearing when he was asked about that by Republican Senator Kevin Cramer of North Dakota. Let's listen.

Up First from NPR
Trump Visits Disaster Zones, DEI and the Military, London Hacking Hearing

Well, he has been very outspoken, not only about his opposition to DEI programs, but also efforts to better understand whether the Pentagon and the military services have an extremism problem. Here he is at his confirmation hearing when he was asked about that by Republican Senator Kevin Cramer of North Dakota. Let's listen.

Up First from NPR
Trump Visits Disaster Zones, DEI and the Military, London Hacking Hearing

Now, officials who worked on these anti-extremist efforts say, no, it's not political. It's not what politician you support or even ideas you might have. It's all about action. Again, like joining the militia groups, taking part in racist or anti-government rallies. But clearly, all these efforts to collect data on extremism, will end.

Up First from NPR
Trump Visits Disaster Zones, DEI and the Military, London Hacking Hearing

Now, officials who worked on these anti-extremist efforts say, no, it's not political. It's not what politician you support or even ideas you might have. It's all about action. Again, like joining the militia groups, taking part in racist or anti-government rallies. But clearly, all these efforts to collect data on extremism, will end.

Up First from NPR
Trump Visits Disaster Zones, DEI and the Military, London Hacking Hearing

Now, officials who worked on these anti-extremist efforts say, no, it's not political. It's not what politician you support or even ideas you might have. It's all about action. Again, like joining the militia groups, taking part in racist or anti-government rallies. But clearly, all these efforts to collect data on extremism, will end.

Up First from NPR
Trump Visits Disaster Zones, DEI and the Military, London Hacking Hearing

Well, we could see him making some personnel changes, maybe removing military leaders he believes got the job, not based on merit, but because of their gender or race. There is concern with people I talk with in the Pentagon, in the officer corps. At this point, we'll just have to wait and see.

Up First from NPR
Trump Visits Disaster Zones, DEI and the Military, London Hacking Hearing

Well, we could see him making some personnel changes, maybe removing military leaders he believes got the job, not based on merit, but because of their gender or race. There is concern with people I talk with in the Pentagon, in the officer corps. At this point, we'll just have to wait and see.

Up First from NPR
Trump Visits Disaster Zones, DEI and the Military, London Hacking Hearing

Well, we could see him making some personnel changes, maybe removing military leaders he believes got the job, not based on merit, but because of their gender or race. There is concern with people I talk with in the Pentagon, in the officer corps. At this point, we'll just have to wait and see.

Up First from NPR
Trump Visits Disaster Zones, DEI and the Military, London Hacking Hearing

You're welcome.

Up First from NPR
Trump Visits Disaster Zones, DEI and the Military, London Hacking Hearing

You're welcome.

Up First from NPR
Trump Visits Disaster Zones, DEI and the Military, London Hacking Hearing

You're welcome.

Up First from NPR
Trump Visits Disaster Zones, DEI and the Military, London Hacking Hearing

The holes were so filled with bodies that there wasn't enough dirt to reach the other side to cover.