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2023-07-13 Government Corruption
Biden Administration Says It Opposes Using 'Merit' in Military Personnel Decisions
[BREITBART] The Biden administration on Monday slammed the Republican-controlled House’s version of 2024 National Defense Authorization Act for requiring military personnel decisions to be based on merit and not race or gender, among other provisions.

"The Administration strongly opposes the House’s sweeping attempts...to eliminate the Department’s longstanding [Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Access] efforts and related initiatives to promote a cohesive and inclusive force," the Biden administration said in a Statement of Administration Policy.

The House’s NDAA contains a number of Republican-authored provisions to roll back the Biden administration’s efforts to push Marxist-based Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives throughout the entire Department of Defense establishment, including the military.

It also contains a number of Republican-backed provisions to give troops kicked out over following the Biden administration’s COVID-19 mandate a path back into the military with backpay.

The Biden administration specifically said it opposed Section 364, which would prohibit the defense secretary from appointing or employing a military or civilian employee whose duties include diversity, equity, and inclusion with a rank or grade above O-2 (military) or GS-10 (civilian).

It also said it opposed Section 523, which required the Department of Defense to issue policy that all military accessions, assignments, selections, or promotions must adhere to merit-based principles and that quotas are prohibited.

Those particular provisions were authored by Navy veteran and Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee Chairman Jim Banks (R-IN), who told Breitbart News in a statement:

It’s incredibly dangerous that the Biden administration is opposed to merit based promotions. When our service members are in life or death situations, we need the best leaders, period.

Posted by Fred 2023-07-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ]  Top

#1 It would be interesting to see when they go after the standardized testing for junior enlisted promotions, evaluation systems and competency testing.
Posted by Super Hose 2023-07-13 07:07||   2023-07-13 07:07|| Front Page Top

#2 I could be wrong, but I believe MOS Testing was done away with years ago.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-07-13 07:11||   2023-07-13 07:11|| Front Page Top

#3 If the regime doesn't yield on this, will Congress simply block all promotions unless & until they do yield?
Posted by Gromble Dribble4342 2023-07-13 15:24||   2023-07-13 15:24|| Front Page Top

#4 ^ gee, then what is a careerist going to do? No system to game.
Posted by Procopius2k 2023-07-13 17:29||   2023-07-13 17:29|| Front Page Top

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