… climate change, and take dei, crt, genderism, you name it, influences were pushed into our formations in ways that made doing our job that much more complicated and difficult. So From day one, we have declared that DEI is dead at [the Department of Defense]. dod. We're going back to gender neutral, colorblind, merit based performance standards. We do readiness, we do accountability, we do war fighting, we do lethality. We don't do social experiments, we don't do politics. (05:45–05:51)
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Asserts that Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives have been ended at the Department of Defense.
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