Following February’s announcement by the United States Naval Academy (USNA) of the closure of the institution’s DEI offices, news comes that nearly 400 DEI-related books have been removed from the Nimitz Library.
According to AP, USNA officials were told to review the library late last week, and approximately 900 books were flagged for a closer look.
On Monday, officials identified 400 books for immediate removal.
A Navy spokesman told The Daily Caller News Foundation:
“We can confirm the U.S. Naval Academy has removed nearly 400 books from their Nimitz Library collection in order to ensure compliance with all directives outlined in Executive Orders issued by the President,” a Navy spokesman told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“Nimitz Library houses roughly 590,000 print books, 322 databases, and over 5,000 print journals and magazines to support the academic inquiries and intellectual development of Midshipmen. The Naval Academy’s mission is to develop Midshipmen morally, mentally and physically in order to cultivate honorable leaders, create a culture of excellence, and prepare them for careers of service to our country.”
President Trump made purging DEI a priority and signed Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing on day one.
President Trump also signed executive orders to root leftist ideology out of the military and prioritize lethality.
The president signed four executive orders focused on the military, including the “Restoring America’s Fighting Force” executive order and the “Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness” executive order.
“Restoring America’s Fighting Force” directs the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Homeland Security to “abolish every DEI office within the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security with regard to the USCG, respectively, including any vestiges of DEI offices, such as sub-offices, programs, elements, or initiatives established to promote a race-based preferences system that subverts meritocracy, perpetuates unconstitutional discrimination, and promotes divisive concepts or gender ideology.”
A list of the books that were removed is not yet publicly available.
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