Pentagon restores webpage for Black Medal of Honor winner but defends DEI purge
by Maya Yang from US news | The Guardian on (#6VZXA)
Error message previously shown on Maj Gen Rogers's site as officials argue that it is wrong to call diversity a strength
The US defense department webpage celebrating a Black Medal of Honor recipient that was removed and had the letters DEI" added to the site's address has been restored - and the letters scrubbed - after an outcry. But defense department officials have continued to argue publicly that it is wrong to say that diversity is a strength, and that it is essential to dismantle all diversity, equity and inclusion" efforts.
On Saturday, the Guardian reported that US army Maj Gen Charles Calvin Rogers's Medal of Honor webpage led to a 404" error message - and that the URL had been changed, with the word medal" changed to deimedal".
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