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Austin approves plan to drop Confederate references from DoD property
A new working group will oversee the removal and replacing of tributes to the Confederacy and Confederate military starting in December.
Pentagon chief purges defense boards; Trump loyalists out
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered hundreds of Pentagon advisory board members to resign this month as part of a broad review of the panels, essentially purging several dozen last-minute appointments under the Trump administration.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Defense bill in danger over Confederate-named military bases
Despite President Trump's veto threat, Democrats moved to rename military bases named after Confederate officers in an annual defense policy measure that has passed every year since the Kennedy administration.
By Andrew Taylor, The Associated Press
No one knew they were fighting specifically for venerable US military installations until today
We live in the upside-down.
By Jon Simkins
Indo-PACOM? Pentagon may rename US Pacific Command
Renaming U.S. PACOM could "better characterize" its role.
By Tara Copp, AP