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Committee bars funds to reverse 2020 DOD base‑renaming commission work
Summary
An amendment was adopted to prevent Department of Defense funds from being used to contravene the bipartisan naming commission that recommended replacing Confederate commemorations at military installations.
Representative Strickland offered an amendment to prevent Department of Defense funds from being used to contravene or reverse the work of the naming commission created in the FY2021 NDAA that recommended renaming installations that commemorate the Confederacy.
Strickland said the commission conducted community engagement and followed a process that rejected using similarly named service members as a substitute for Confederate honorees. “This commission specifically…
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