{"id":1982939,"date":"2023-07-26T10:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T14:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-critical-that-diversity-is-reflected-at-every-level-of-the-military\/"},"modified":"2023-07-26T10:03:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T14:03:59","slug":"biden-critical-that-diversity-is-reflected-at-every-level-of-the-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-critical-that-diversity-is-reflected-at-every-level-of-the-military\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden emphasizes diversity&#8217;s crucial role in the military at all levels."},"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\">22<\/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%2Fbiden-critical-that-diversity-is-reflected-at-every-level-of-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=1982939&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--><h2>President Biden \u200cCommits to Advancing Diversity\u2062 in the Department of Defense<\/h2>\n<p>President Joe Biden\u200c released a statement\u200c on Wednesday,\u200b pledging to further \u200badvance diversity at all levels of \u2064the Department of Defense, including\u200b in its highest leadership \u2063positions.<\/p>\n<p>The president&#8217;s statement marked \u2062the \u200b75th anniversary of President Harry Truman&#8217;s executive order that desegregated \u2063the armed forces after\u2062 World War II.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;This landmark Order, issued more than \u2063a decade before the passage of the Civil Rights Act, directed the military to ensure the &#8216;equality \u200dof treatment and opportunity \u200bfor\u200c all persons in \u200cthe armed services without regard\u200b to race, color, religion or national\u2063 origin,'&#8221; Biden wrote. &#8220;It was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-critical-that-diversity-is-reflected-at-every-level-of-the-military\/\" title=\"Biden emphasizes diversity's crucial role in the military at all levels.\">vital step forward<\/a> for our nation. It recognized the equal bravery\u200c and\u200b equal sacrifices of generations of\u200c service\u200d members\u2064 of color who deserved to be equally honored.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>President Biden \u2064emphasized the significant contributions of black service members throughout U.S. history, including the black\u2062 regiments \u2064who fought \u200dfor the Union in the Civil War, the Harlem Hellfighters, and the Tuskegee Airmen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, more than\u2064 40 percent of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-gary-sinise-foundation-celebrates-10-years-of-service\/\" title=\"WATCH: Gary Sinise Foundation Celebrates 10 Years Of Service\">active-duty service members<\/a> are people of color. Yet, despite this growing diversity, service members of color still\u200c face unacceptable barriers,&#8221; Biden continued. \u2063&#8221;They are underrepresented in positions of senior leadership, face bias in the military justice system, and \u2062are still \u2063more likely to be dishonorably discharged. We owe it \u2063to \u2063them and the entire force \u2064to continue working to build a military\u200d where\u200d equal dignity and equal respect are fully realized.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The president made it clear that advancing \u2063equity in the military is \u2063a personal priority for him \u2063and his administration.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;America\u2019s greatest strength has \u200calways been our diversity,\u2064 and\u200c there is\u2064 no greater\u2063 testament to\u2062 this than the \u200csuccess of our military.\u200d Let us continue to break down barriers so that all qualified\u200b servicemembers, no matter\u2063 their race, sex, gender identity,\u2062 sexual orientation, or religious background, are treated with dignity and respect, can reach their full potential and\u2062 have their contributions \u2062valued,&#8221; he said.\u2064 &#8220;That\u2064 is how we will ensure the United States Armed Forces remains \u2064the greatest fighting force in the history of \u2062the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier this week, \u200dPresident Biden designated three sites as part\u200d of a new Emmett\u2062 Till national memorial. However, concerns among\u2064 black voters, a key demographic, have been growing heading into the\u2064 2024 election cycle.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ioc-president-will-not-add-fuel-to-summer-olympics-cancellation-rumors\/\" title=\"IOC president will \u2018not add fuel\u2019 to Summer Olympics cancellation rumors\">recent poll showed<\/a> that only 34% \u2064of\u200c black Americans believe\u200b that Biden&#8217;s agenda \u200bhas helped\u2062 their community. \u2062Additionally,\u200b a significant number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-new-poll-gives-the-lie-to-democrats-jim-crow-2-0-myth\/\" title=\"This New Poll Gives the Lie to Democrats' 'Jim Crow 2.0' Myth\">black respondents stated<\/a>\u2064 that his policies \u200chave had no impact or are harming black \u2064people.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these concerns,\u2062 President Biden remains committed to advancing diversity and equality in the military and throughout his administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden pledged to enhance diversity within the Department of Defense, including leadership positions. His statement, released on Wednesday, marked the 75th anniversary of President Harry Truman&#8217;s executive order that desegregated the armed forces post-World War II.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1982940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1982939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1982939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1982940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1982939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1982939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1982939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}