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On Wednesday, the department\u2019s top public affairs official signed and sent out a new memo requiring all the military services to spend countless hours poring over years of website postings, photos, news articles and videos to remove any mentions that \u201cpromote diversity, equity and inclusion.\u201d”<\/p>\n
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