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Cmdr. Ashley Hockycko confirmed late Tuesday that the historical items honoring the Jewish graduates had been removed but said that it was done so "mistakenly."
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According to federal court documents released last week, the Academy will no longer consider race, ethnicity or sex as a factor for admission to the service institution, a response to a Trump executi...
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The US Naval Academy has returned photos and memorabilia of Jewish women after they were “mistakenly removed” to apparently comply with diversity, equity, and inclusion directives from the Pentagon.
“Students for Fair Admissions welcomes the announcement that the U.S. Naval Academy will end its unfair and illegal race-based admissions policies. Racial discrimination is wrong and racial classifications have no place at our nation’s military academies,” Blum said in a statement.
The defense secretary’s office has ordered that some books be removed from circulation in its library, and the academy has ended the use of affirmative action in admissions.