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Military backs out of recruiting at science and engineering conference as part of DEI purge
The military has backed out of recruiting at an engineering, science and technology conference historically known as a Black event as part of a new Pentagon policy that bans diversity-focused efforts.
Lance Davidson, a human resources representative for Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, speaks with a potential candidate at the 2023 BEYA Career Fair in National Harbor, Md. But given the push from President Donald Trump’s administration to end all forms of diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, the Defense Department has ordered all its organizations cancel official participation in this weekend’s event. Adm. Linda Fagan, the Coast Guard commandant who was fired by Trump the day after he took office, was prominently featured in the conference’s magazine, which is already printed for distribution this weekend, Taborn said.
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