An executive order signed by President Trump directs all federal agencies to shutter their DEI offices.
FILE - Workers on scaffolding repaint the NASA logo near the top of the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, May 20, 2020.
“The Biden Administration forced illegal and immoral discrimination programs, going by the name ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ , into virtually all aspects of the Federal Government, in areas ranging from airline safety to the military,” the order reads. “That ends today. Americans deserve a government committed to serving every person with equal dignity and respect, and to expending precious taxpayer resources only on making America great.
Petro continued by asking employees to report violations of the order by those who seek to “obscure” a connection to DEI.
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