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Lawmakers on both sides vow to stop Trump from changing base names back to Confederate leaders
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Lawmakers on both sides vow to stop Trump from changing base names back to Confederate leaders

The Independent  

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More than 160 Confederate symbols removed in 2020 after death of George Floyd
3 years, 10 months ago

More than 160 Confederate symbols removed in 2020 after death of George Floyd

The Independent  

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Congress moves forward in face of Trump veto threat to remove Confederate names from bases
4 years, 5 months ago

Congress moves forward in face of Trump veto threat to remove Confederate names from bases

CNN  

CNN — Brushing aside President Donald Trump’s veto threat, the House and Senate marched forward this week with plans rename military bases named after Confederate leaders, teeing up a showdown with the President later this year. The provisions requiring the names of the bases to be changed – the Senate’s bill gives the Pentagon three years, while the House requires …

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Trump says he’ll veto must-pass defense spending bill if it requires bases honoring Confederate generals to be renamed
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump says he’ll veto must-pass defense spending bill if it requires bases honoring Confederate generals to be renamed

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump in a late Tuesday night tweet issued his strongest veto threat yet on a must-pass defense spending bill should lawmakers not strip language requiring bases named after Confederate leaders be rechristened. However, Trump – using an offensive nickname for Warren – has now made the bill the latest flashpoint in his defense of monuments to …

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One of four police charged over Floyd’s death freed: Live updates
4 years, 6 months ago

One of four police charged over Floyd’s death freed: Live updates

Al Jazeera  

Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane has been freed from jail on $750,000 bail, sheriff’s office records show. 03:03 GMT – Biden says US policing reforms ‘long overdue’ Speaking at a virtual NAACP town hall on systemic racism, Biden backed calls for reforms in US policing methods “This is an inflection moment in American history, a moment where we must …

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US Army open to considering removal of Confederate leaders’ names from bases
4 years, 7 months ago

US Army open to considering removal of Confederate leaders’ names from bases

CNN  

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. In a statement Monday, the Army confirmed that McCarthy and Esper are “open to a …

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