The Pentagon has ordered that all books at U.S. military institutions and libraries that relate to diversity, anti-racism, or gender issues be removed in the next two weeks.

The latest directive, signed Friday by Timothy Dill, undersecretary of defense for personnel, states that instructional materials at the libraries “promoting divisive concepts and gender ideology are incompatible with the Department’s core mission,” and requests that department leaders must “promptly identify” books that are not compatible with that mission and sequester them by May 21.

Friday’s memo drafts off an earlier memo signed by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth that ordered the U.S. service academies ensure that only the most qualified candidates are admitted and to “apply no consideration of race, ethnicity or sex” when reviewing applicants.

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