The United States will rename nine army bases that honor figures from the pro-slavery Confederacy by the beginning of 2024, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday.
Castro and other Hispanic lawmakers renew call to rename Fort Hood for Roy Benavidez
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U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro and nearly two dozen others in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus asked Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday to rename Fort Hood for Medal of Honor recipient Roy Benavidez.
A Pentagon commission was appointed in early January to look at the issue after 10 Army installations named for Confederate generals drew renewed attention during last summer’s racial justice protests and debate, reviving a dormant effort to re-brand them after less divisive war heroes.
“Latinos have fought and died in every single American war since our nation’s independence, yet too often our community’s service and sacrifice has been overlooked,” Castro, D-San Antonio, and U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego wrote in a letter to Austin that was signed by 18 other members of the Hispanic Caucus.
Senate Rejects Hawleyâs Attempt To Preserve Confederate Military Base Names Photo by Mizzou CAFNR licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
The Senate rejected an effort by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) just before the July 4 holiday to preserve the names of U.S. military facilities named after leaders of the Confederacy.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell filed a cloture motion to end debate on the bill without a vote on Hawley s amendment.
The amendment would have eliminated a requirement â agreed to on June 11 by the Senate Armed Services Committee â that the Defense Department remove the names of Confederate generals from 10 major military bases within three years.
Pathetic! : Trump slams Senate for voting to override his veto of defense bill after he objected to plan to rename bases honoring Confederate generals
Congress successfully slapped down President Donald Trump s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act with a Senate vote Friday afternoon
Senators voted 81 to 13 to override Trump s veto of the defense package, after the House s 322 to 87 vote to slap down the president s veto Monday
The New Year s Day vote ends a six-month long saga that started when Trump objected to the renaming of military bases named for Confederate figures
He later wanted Congress to nix section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which Trump says gives big tech too much protection