House Republicans insist the Biden administration’s emphasis on “woke” policies, such as diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training, is politicizing the U.S. military and degrading the Pentagon’s readiness to fight a war.
House Democrats say Republicans are beating a “woke” drum to politicize army, navy, and air force recruiting shortfalls that the Pentagon—citing statistical surveys—attributes to a strong job market, quality-of-life issues, and a declining “propensity to serve” among America’s youth.
To engaged observers of committee reviews of President Joe Biden’s $863 million defense budget request, which has included a series of hearings before various panels on armed forces’ “wokeism” over the last month, the only verifiable aspect of these often belabored discussions is they do, indeed, reflect a split-screen of partisan politicization….