Lawmakers accuse Army of ignoring ‘woke’ policies that hurt recruiting

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Lawmakers accuse Army of ignoring ‘woke’ policies that hurt recruiting
By Leo Shane III
Feb 23, 11:33 AM
A solider swears in Army recruits during an event at the Kansas City Recruiting Battalion facillity in St. Joseph, Mo., on Aug. 18, 2022. (Spc. Alvin Conley/Army)

A pair of Republican House leaders on Thursday accused Army officials of covering up evidence that social justice initiatives are hurting military recruiting efforts, and demanded the service turn over all survey data on the topic to Congress.

“We continue to receive analysis of cherry-picked data that is not giving us the full picture of why the Army is seeing historically low recruitment and retention rates,” said Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s panel on readiness, in a statement.

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