Secretary Collins asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to stop its work during the government shutdown. Judges called the request "extreme."
The Army vet and historian declined Trump's request to gift Eisenhower's sword to King Charles out of obligation to preserve it for the American public.
A series of updates to the commemorative landscape at West Point and VMI are the latest in the military's efforts to distance itself from its previous veneration of Confederate heritage.