1. United States
2. S.C.
3. Letter

In a move that disproportionately targets women and minority officers, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently blocked the promotions of nine Navy officers who had been selected by a board of senior Navy admirals. Three of the officers removed by Mr. Hegseth from the promotion list are women and two are Black men. An additional four are white men. Mr. Hegseth’s actions, which appear to violate the rules governing a promotion system that is supposed to be apolitical and merit-based, were described by five current and former defense officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive personnel matters. It is unacceptable that Hegseth is openly discriminating against women and people of color and calling it "Anti DEI." We have laws in this country that are supposed to protect people from the Federal Government discriminating against them based off of sex, race, religion, etc.. Hegseth is actively, openly violating the Constitutional rights of American services members. He is unfot for his position and must be removed from office immediately. Congress must start enforcing our laws!