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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Tara Copp

Pentagon agency pauses celebrations for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Black History Month and more

APTOPIX Pentagon Hegseth - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The Defense Department's intelligence agency has paused observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Pride Month, Holocaust Days of Remembrance and other cultural or historical annual events in response to President Donald Trump’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal workplace.

The instructions were published Tuesday in a Defense Intelligence Agency memo obtained by The Associated Press and affect 11 annual events, including Black History Month, which begins Saturday, and National Hispanic Heritage Month.

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