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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ed Pilkington

Pentagon schools suspend library books for ‘compliance review’ under Trump orders

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An aerial view of the Pentagon in Washington DC on 3 March 2022. Photograph: Joshua Roberts/Reuters

Tens of thousands of American children studying in Pentagon schools serving US military families have had all access to library books suspended for a week while officials conduct a “compliance review” under Donald Trump’s crackdown on DEI and gender equality.

The Department of Defense circulated a memo to parents on Monday that said that it was examining library books “potentially related to gender ideology or discriminatory equity ideology topics”. The memo, which has been obtained by the Guardian, said that a “small number of items” had been identified and were being kept for “further review”.

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