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Lawsuit: DOD shutters Air Force Academy oversight board, nixes review of critical race theory
Washington Times ^ | July 19, 2021 | By Joseph Clark

Posted on 07/20/2021 3:00:22 AM PDT by 11th_VA

A member of the Air Force Academy Board of Visitors has sued over Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin suspending the board, claiming it prevented vital oversight, including over the potential introduction of critical race theory in the university curriculum.

The board is one of 42 Defense Department advisory committees that Mr. Austin suspended to consider their “continued utilization,” according to a Pentagon memorandum.

The Air Force Academy board or AFABOV remains shut down despite passing Mr. Austin’s April 30 deadline to complete the review.

Board member Heidi Stirrup, who was appointed by then-President Trump in December, asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for an injunction to restore the board’s function.

In the lawsuit, Ms. Stirrup said that the board is nondiscretionary as a congressionally mandated oversight function and that the defense secretary does not have the authority to suspend its operation.

“Numerous specific legal requirements and duties of the AFABOV and of the Defendants are being violated or unfulfilled because of the suspension of the operations of the AFABOV,” said the complaint.

Of particular concern for Ms. Stirrup was that the board remained suspended amid growing concern about the military’s incorporation of critical race theory in training and reading lists at the service academies...

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: af; blackkk; blackliesmatter; criticalracetheory; dod; lloydaustin; military; politicaljudiciary

1 posted on 07/20/2021 3:00:23 AM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

Food!!! Got to fight the marxists at every turn. Every turn.


2 posted on 07/20/2021 3:13:27 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Convention Of States is our only hope now! Desantis 2024!!!)
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To: 11th_VA

Seems he wasn't the only infiltraitor.

3 posted on 07/20/2021 3:24:20 AM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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To: vikingd00d

Yup,I remember him. If I had been in a position to do so i would have arranged for him to experience a short burst of friendly fire.


4 posted on 07/20/2021 3:36:47 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: 11th_VA

“The board is one of 42 Defense Department advisory committees that Mr. Austin suspended...”

Nobody to turn on the kitchen lights as the roaches scurry about in the dark.


5 posted on 07/20/2021 4:11:16 AM PDT by moovova (Yo GOP....we won't forget.)
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To: 11th_VA

Austin is a dangerous man filled with hatred and no less evil than Idi Amin!


6 posted on 07/20/2021 4:18:59 AM PDT by WellyP (question!)
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To: 11th_VA

Africanization in Colorado


7 posted on 07/20/2021 4:23:09 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Like BLM, Joe Biden is a Domestic Enemy )
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To: 11th_VA

You now have to correctly answer your Critical Race Theory exam question to enter the armed services. The goal is to prevent any honest conservatives from serving and ensure the military becomes a tool of the left.


8 posted on 07/20/2021 4:40:49 AM PDT by Renfrew
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To: 11th_VA

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is a traitor working for a traitor working for the enemies of the United States.


9 posted on 07/20/2021 4:47:16 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: Carl Vehse

Austin needs to locked up in Leavenworth!


10 posted on 07/20/2021 4:49:37 AM PDT by WellyP (question!)
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To: WellyP

For giving aid and comfort to the enemy Austin needs to be tried, convicted, and sentenced to walk up some stairs for that short drop and quick stop.


11 posted on 07/20/2021 6:20:38 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: Carl Vehse

Too good for him.


12 posted on 07/20/2021 9:00:56 AM PDT by dsc (Abortion is the axe laid to the roots of the tree of human rights.)
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To: dsc
"Too good for him."

But it will be beneficial to all those people waiting in line to spit (or whatever) on his carcass that's left to rot off the noose.

13 posted on 07/20/2021 9:11:02 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: Renfrew

Source?


14 posted on 07/20/2021 12:16:24 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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