Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach led coalition of 19 state attorneys general in a letter urging U.S. military leaders to stop using unlawful and immoral racial quotas for recruitment and admission to military academies.
“Racism has no place in the U.S. government, especially not in the United States military. The Supreme Court has made clear what the Constitution requires. While the Biden administration diverted resources from military readiness and national security in order to make headlines, we are hopeful the Trump administration will make the U.S. military great again by judging its recruits on their merits and on the content of their character rather than the color of their skin,” Kobach said.
In the letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, the coalition writes that racial quotas undermine military readiness and effectiveness.
“A United States military that reflects America… must live up to American values by treating each individual equally, not as a representative of a racial or ethnic group,” it reads. “And a United States military that is effective at protecting Americans and American interests cannot be distracted and divided by endless racial balancing and quotas.”
President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, also received a copy of the letter.
In addition to the Kansas Attorney General, attorneys general from 18 other states including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, and Utah joined the letter.
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