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Lawmakers press DOD to halt removals and require expert review after reports of book and historical‑material removals
Summary
Members across the aisle criticized what they called ideological removals of historical materials and books from DOD web pages and service academy libraries and proposed an amendment requiring an expert panel review before destruction or censorship; amendment failed on the committee floor.
Several House Armed Services Committee members criticized recent DOD removals of historical images, biographies and books during the April 27 markup and proposed an amendment to require expert review before destruction or censorship of artifacts and records.
Representative Elfreth offered an amendment (log number 4697) to create a panel of historians and service‑history experts to review artifacts and documents flagged for destruction…
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