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Hey everyone , I want to take a short

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moment to provide some clarity on our

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efforts to ensure that our public

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facing content honors our war fighters ,

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our mission , and reflects President

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Trump and Secretary Hag Seth's

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priorities . Over the past few weeks

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we've taken action to identify and

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archive DEI content from our websites

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and social media platforms . The

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previous administration's zealous and

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destructive commitment to DEI not only

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divided our nation and weakened our

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force , but it also reduced our

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country's finest to their immutable

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characteristics . Without question ,

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this task was an arduous but incredibly

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important undertaking . We enforced an

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aggressive timeline for our DOD

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services and agencies to comb through a

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vast array of content while ensuring

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that our force remains ready and lethal

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every now and then because of the

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realities of AI tools and other

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software , some important content was

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incorrectly pulled offline to be

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reviewed . We want to be very , very

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clear history is not DEI .

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When content is either mistakenly

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removed or if it's maliciously removed ,

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we continue to work quickly to restore

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it . We are so proud of our nation's

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heroes and our heritage we honor the

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accomplishments of our war fighters and

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the content of their character .

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Americans past and present are the

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greatest people the world has ever

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known , and we live in the greatest

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country the world has ever known . And

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our strength now and has always been

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our unity and shared purpose .