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July 7, 2020

Pentagon Considering Banning Confederate Flag at Military Bases
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CNN is reporting a draft document to ban the display of Confederate
flags at military bases has been circulating at the Pentagon. If such a
policy goes ahead, it could create major tension between the military
and Trump, who has defended Confederate symbols and threatened last week
to veto the National Defense Authorization Act if it includes a
provision to rename bases named after Confederate figures.