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Trump’s Pentagon EOs Take Aim at DEI, Trans Military Members; Order “Iron Dome”-Like Defense System

HeadlineJan 28, 2025

On Monday, Trump signed four executive orders aimed at reshaping the military, including reinstating 8,000 military members who were relieved of duty for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine. He also issued an order banning DEI — that’s diversity, equity and inclusion — from the military; an order to build a missile defense system modeled on Israel’s Iron Dome; and an order to review the Pentagon’s policy on transgender military members, in what’s believed to be the first step toward a ban on transgender military members.

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