Promotions for Female Generals Were Delayed Over Fears of Trump's Reaction

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WASHINGTON — Last fall, the Pentagon’s most senior leaders agreed that two top generals should be promoted to elite, four-star commands.

For then-Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper and Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the tricky part was that both of the accomplished officers were women. In 2020 America under President Trump, the two Pentagon leaders feared that any candidates other than white men for jobs mostly held by white men might run into turmoil once their nominations got to the White House.

Mr. Esper and General Milley worried that if they even raised their names — Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost of the Air Force and Lt. Gen. Laura J. Richardson of the Army — the Trump White House would replace them with their own candidates before leaving office.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/us/politics/trump-biden-promotions-women-generals.html

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1. I have worked with General Richardson

She is a rock star, a Blackhawk pilot, a leader of troops, one can only imaging the pressure on their daughter. She and her husband have six General Stars between the two of them and when she gets her 4th there will be 7 between them. She is the ranking General Officer in the family. Amazing family

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2. And to think, that star was held up by the insecurity

Of a mere Captain from the Chinese owned New York Military Academy for rich imbecile children of Wall Street and the NY Real Estate market.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. +1