Pete Hegseth removes all women and some Black service members from navy promotion list

By Richard Luscombe, Joseph Gedeon and Aram Roston · The Guardian World

Defense secretary’s latest interposition resulted in all-male, overwhelmingly white picks for promotion to admiralty US politics live – latest updates The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth , stripped nine navy officers including women and Black service members from a promotion list last month, according to a person familiar with the matter, resulting in an all-male, overwhelmingly white slate of 22 advancing as nominees to become one-star admirals. Hegseth’s unusual intervention violated promotion rules designed to be merit-based and apolitical, the New York Times said on Tuesday , and extended the Trump administration’s push to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the military. Continue reading...