Posted on 07/27/2025 7:46:46 AM PDT by Twotone
The Pentagon on Thursday publicly announced it will no longer allow Defense Department officials to appear at events that do not align with the current presidential administration, and will instead thoroughly screen future programs.
The move comes a week after the Pentagon pulled all of its military speakers from the annual Aspen Security Forum, which the Trump administration has blasted as a "globalist" summit. The Aspen Institute is a left-leaning think tank, and has featured critics of President Donald Trump like former National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
The order, which went into effect on Tuesday, has only directly impacted the Halifax International Security Forum in November so far, but Defense officials are still reviewing other national security summits, Politico reported.
"The days of 'business as usual' are OVER! The DOD's Office of Public Affairs will be conducting a thorough vetting of every event where Defense officials are invited to participate," Pentagon spokesperson Kingsley Wilson posted to X. "Going forward, no DOD official will attend events by America Last organizations that promote globalism and hate [Trump]."
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It’s about time! Great news.
“Defense Department bars officials from left-leaning think tank events”
ABOUT DAMN TIME and really no different than DOD banning people with high-level clearances from traveling to hostile countries.
Don’t like the policy, quit the government and get a job at Raytheon.
Come to think of it I should have answered yes...maybe the draft board wouldn't have wanted me. :-)
More of Obummer stuff left to sweep up.
Good. Anything leftist is weak, woke, destructive.
đŸ˜‚Valid point!
YAY!!! Wasn’t this “think” tank a baby of John McCains?
People need to be reminded what a mandate is. It’s not the pretend WH overreach that Biden called a mandate
No democrats capital idea.
Not a good idea. When the administration changes, as it always does, the ban can be flipped. It would be better to review all events for political bias and eliminate radicalism from both ends of the spectrum.
What’s with the FAT GUY wearing the panda doll head?
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