{"id":1970463,"date":"2023-07-12T07:02:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T11:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-grill-bidens-pick-for-joint-chiefs-chair-over-dei-transgenderism-in-the-military\/"},"modified":"2023-07-12T07:04:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T11:04:15","slug":"senate-republicans-grill-bidens-pick-for-joint-chiefs-chair-over-dei-transgenderism-in-the-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-grill-bidens-pick-for-joint-chiefs-chair-over-dei-transgenderism-in-the-military\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Republicans question Biden&#8217;s nominee for Joint Chiefs Chair on DEI and transgender issues in the military."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-republicans-grill-bidens-pick-for-joint-chiefs-chair-over-dei-transgenderism-in-the-military%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1970463&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<h2>Senate Republicans Grill Gen. Charles Q. Brown Over Racial Politics and Transgenderism in the Military<\/h2>\n<p>Senate Republicans grilled Gen. Charles Q. Brown over racial politics and transgenderism throughout the U.S. military during a committee confirmation hearing on Tuesday. Brown, who serves as Air Force chief of staff, was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/05\/25\/biden-picks-gen-charles-q-brown-as-chair-of-joint-chiefs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nominated<\/a> by President Joe Biden to replace Gen. Mark Milley as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in May.<\/p>\n<p>Among the more contentious issues raised during Tuesday\u2019s Senate Armed Services Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armed-services.senate.gov\/hearings\/to-consider-the-nomination-of-general-charles-q-brown-jr-usaf-for-reappointment-to-the-grade-of-general_and-to-be-chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-of-staff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hearing<\/a> was an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/Portals\/1\/documents\/2022SAF\/Officer_Source_of_Commission_Applicant_Pool_Goals_memo.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">August 2022 Air Force memo<\/a> Brown signed, directing the Air Force Academy and Air Education and Training Command to \u201cdevelop a diversity and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-committee-advances-amendment-restoring-meritocracy-to-military-personnel-decisions\/\" title=\"House Committee Approves Amendment to Reinstate Meritocracy in Military Personnel Choices\">inclusion outreach plan\u201d aimed<\/a> at \u201cachieving a force more representative of our Nation.\u201d When pressed on the memo by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., Brown claimed the recruiting targets stratified by race and sex in the memo are based \u201con application goals, not the make-up of the force,\u201d and that \u201cthose numbers are based on the demographics of the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>As The Federalist previously <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/22\/revisiting-the-racialist-nonsense-espoused-by-bidens-pick-for-joint-chiefs-of-staff-chair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>, Brown has a documented history of supporting the same so-called \u201cdiversity, equity, and inclusion\u201d (DEI) ideology wreaking havoc on the U.S. military. DEI initiatives employ a divisive and poisonous ideology dismissive of merit to discriminate based on characteristics such as skin color and sexual attraction.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While participating in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-pick-for-joint-chiefs-chair-made-diversity-and-inclusion-focal-points-in-air-force-personnel-decisions\/\" title=\"Biden's Joint Chiefs Chair nominee prioritized diversity and inclusion in Air Force personnel choices.\">virtual discussion hosted<\/a> by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs in November 2020, for instance, Brown\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/brown-diversity-push-changing-personnel-decision-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">indicated<\/a>\u00a0that \u201c[a]t the higher level of the Air Force, diversity ha[d] moved to the forefront of personnel decisions such as promotions and hiring.\u201d During the same event, the Air Force general also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/08\/bidens-pick-for-joint-chiefs-chair-made-diversity-and-inclusion-focal-points-in-air-force-personnel-decisions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">admitted<\/a>\u00a0to using his post to increase opportunities for so-called \u201cdiverse candidates\u201d in the Air Force, saying he \u201chire[d] for diversity\u201d when building his staff.<\/p>\n<p>Brown has also\u00a0previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defenseone.com\/policy\/2022\/02\/inside-air-force-chiefs-mission-racial-equity\/362191\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pushed back<\/a>\u00a0against congressional Republicans who have expressed concerns about the Biden administration\u2019s attempt to spread DEI instruction throughout the military.<\/p>\n<h3>Concerns Raised on Abortion Politics and Transgenderism<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThis administration has infused abortion politics into our military, Covid politics into our military, DEI politics into our military, and it is a cancer on the best military in the history of the world. Those men and women deserve better than this,\u201d Schmitt said. \u201cI believe we \u2026 ought to be recruiting in various areas to make sure we have the best and the brightest from every community. \u2026 But that\u2019s not what DEI is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schmitt further admonished DEI as \u201can ideology based in cultural Marxism\u201d and expressed concerns about how the military can continue to have leadership that advocates for \u201cthis divisive policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Center for Military Readiness, a public policy group that analyzes military matters, sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/cmrlink.org\/data\/sites\/85\/CMRDocuments\/OpenLetterSASC071023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> to committee members on Monday, encouraging them to press Brown on issues such as \u201c[r]acial discrimination known to exist in military service academy admissions\u201d and \u201c[m]andates to increase percentages of minority persons, while consciously reducing non-minority (white males) in aviation and other demanding occupations,\u201d among other things.<\/p>\n<p>Schmitt also raised the issue of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12242969\/Military-readiness-continue-bleed-decay-say-unjustly-fired-service-members.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more than 8,000 U.S. service members<\/a> kicked out of the military for not getting the experimental Covid jab due to medical or religious reasons. When pressed on how he would personally recruit these individuals back into service, Brown said he would \u201cprovide them the opportunity to re-apply.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just don\u2019t think that\u2019s good enough,\u201d Schmitt replied. \u201cWe did a great disservice to this country by firing people because they made that decision. I think they ought to be reinstated with rank and backpay. I have not heard that from anybody that\u2019s come before this committee.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Transgenderism in the Military<\/h3>\n<p>Another problem raised during the hearing was transgenderism in the military. Shortly after his inauguration, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-reverses-trump-ban-on-transgender-individuals-serving-in-military\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">issued<\/a> an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-grill-bidens-pick-for-joint-chiefs-chair-over-dei-transgenderism-in-the-military\/\" title=\"Senate Republicans question Biden's nominee for Joint Chiefs Chair on DEI and transgender issues in the military.\">executive order allowing transgender-identifying individuals<\/a> to serve in the U.S. armed forces, marking a policy reversal from that of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>During his line of questioning, Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-joint-chiefs-chairman-nominee-military-shouldnt-make-recruits-uncomfortable-push-inclusivity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">referenced<\/a> an alleged \u201cyoung woman in the South Dakota National Guard [who] experienced a situation at basic training where she was sleeping in open bays and showering\u201d with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-international-sport-bans-biologically-male-trans-athletes-from-competing-against-women\/\" title=\"Another International Sport Bans Biologically Male Trans Athletes From Competing Against Women\">female-identifying males<\/a> who had not undergone surgery, \u201cbut were documented as females because they had begun the drug therapy process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Rounds, this 18-year-old woman \u201cwas uncomfortable with her situation but had limited options on how to deal with it\u201d because \u201cshe feared she\u2019d be targeted for retaliation.\u201d When asked how he would handle such issues as Joint Chiefs chair, Brown didn\u2019t offer a specific answer, instead saying that \u201cas you\u2019re being inclusive, you also don\u2019t want to make other individuals uncomfortable\u201d and that if confirmed, he would \u201ctake a look to see if [the military] can improve on how [it] approach[es] situations like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, several Democrats spent their time attacking fellow committee member Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., who has been holding up Biden\u2019s DOD civilian and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-hate-that-republicans-like-sen-tommy-tuberville-are-finally-doing-their-jobs\/\" title=\"Democrats Hate That Republicans Like Sen. Tommy Tuberville Are Finally Doing Their Jobs\">general flag officer nominees<\/a> in response to the Pentagon\u2019s radical abortion policies. As The Federalist\u2019s Jordan Boyd previously <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/29\/democrats-hate-that-republicans-like-sen-tommy-tuberville-are-finally-doing-their-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/3301006\/dod-releases-policies-to-ensure-access-to-non-covered-reproductive-health-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced in February<\/a>\u00a0that the taxpayer-funded Pentagon would grant up to three weeks of paid time off and travel for U.S. military members and their family members to obtain abortions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Tuberville, the policy \u2014 which \u201cwould subsidize\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rand.org\/blog\/2022\/12\/ten-things-that-inspired-me-in-2022.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">thousands of \u2018non-covered abortions<\/a>\u2018\u201d without congressional authorization or taxpayer approval \u2014 is \u201cimmoral and arguably illegal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of my colleagues is exercising a prerogative to place a hold on 250 generals and flag officers. I\u2019m unaware of anything that they have done \u2026 that would warrant them being disrespected or punished or delayed in their careers,\u201d Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/politics\/tubervilles-military-hold-dominates-joint-chiefs-chairman-hearings\/ar-AA1dIZWi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> in reference to Tuberville. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., also criticized Tuberville, with Rosen indirectly accusing the Alabama senator of partaking in an \u201cextreme, anti-choice agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A committee vote on Brown\u2019s confirmation will be held at a later date.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Republicans questioned Gen. Charles Q. Brown on racial politics and transgender issues in the military during a confirmation hearing. Brown, the Air Force chief of staff, was nominated by President Biden to replace Gen. 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