Thursday, February 18, 2021

GET ME REWRITE: Top U.S. military officials factored in Trump's misogyny and racism when making recommendations

 


New York Times, 2/17/2021
For the defense secretary at the time, Mark T. Esper, and Gen. Mark A. Milley, then the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the tricky part was that both of the accomplished officers were women. In 2020 America under President Donald J. Trump, the two Pentagon leaders feared that any candidates other than white men for jobs mostly held by white men might run into turmoil once their nominations reached the White House. [emphasis added]


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