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Fort Polk to become Fort Woke ?
(CNN)US Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper are said to be open to holding a "bipartisan conversation" about renaming nearly a dozen major bases and installations that bear the names of Confederate military commanders, according to an Army official.The official said that though McCarthy believes he has the potential authority to unilaterally rename the installations, there would need to be consultation with the White House, Congress and state and local governments. In a statement Monday, the Army confirmed that McCarthy and Esper are "open to a bipartisan discussion on the topic" but added that "each Army installation is named for a soldier who holds a significant place in our military history." "Accordingly, the historic names represent individuals, not causes or ideologies," the statement said. Army installations named after Confederate leaders include Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Fort Hood in Texas and Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia. Related: Mark Esper: 2020-06-07 Trump 'wanted to deploy 10,000 active duty troops to Washington DC to control George Floyd protests' but proposal was blasted by Mark Esper and General Mark Milley Mark Esper: 2020-06-05 Iran president makes unfounded claim that Trump 'ordered killing of people' Mark Esper: 2020-06-04 Esper says he opposes using Insurrection Act to send military to quell unrest Posted by: Besoeker 2020-06-09 |
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