"The Pentagon is pulling back on plans to cut ties with Scouting America, as long as the nonprofit organization adopts policies that echo new military directives, including eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and banning transgender youth from the Scouts."
"The move is part of a growing Pentagon campaign to strong-arm private institutions like AI giant Anthropic, journalists who cover the US military and universities attended by troops to accept the Trump administration's policies and preferences."
"The Pentagon is essentially enforcing Trump's executive order, applicable to government agencies, onto private institutions, said Dan Maurer, a retired Army lieutenant colonel and associate law professor at Ohio Northern University."
The Pentagon is maintaining military ties with Scouting America contingent on the organization adopting policies aligned with Trump administration directives, including eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and banning transgender youth. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth threatened to cut military support unless the nonprofit complied with an executive order on merit-based opportunity. This represents part of a broader Pentagon campaign pressuring private institutions—including universities, media organizations, and tech companies—to adopt administration policies. Military support traditionally includes logistics for the National Jamboree and base hosting. Legal experts note the Pentagon is effectively extending government executive orders to private entities, raising questions about institutional autonomy and the appropriateness of such enforcement mechanisms.
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