{"id":30055,"date":"2019-02-25T17:11:22","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T17:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/02\/25\/is-the-military-doing-enough-to-combat-white-nationalism-in-the-ranks\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:42:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:42:05","slug":"is-the-military-doing-enough-to-combat-white-nationalism-in-the-ranks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2019\/02\/25\/is-the-military-doing-enough-to-combat-white-nationalism-in-the-ranks\/","title":{"rendered":"Worries grow about white nationalism in the ranks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 Lawmakers want to know if military and homeland security leaders are doing enough to monitor the armed forces for signs of white nationalism and other dangerous extremism in the wake of the arrest of a Coast Guard lieutenant with radical views<\/a> who was plotting mass murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a letter to leaders at the Departments of Defense<\/a> and Homeland Security on Monday, the group of Democratic House members said they want assurances that the recent case is not \u201cindicative of a larger, systemic issue within the United States Armed Services.\u201d They also said they are concerned with reports of other racist activity in the ranks<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBeyond the extremes of domestic terrorism, we are additionally concerned with low level racism and other identity-based harassment that disrupts unit cohesion, impacts readiness, and degrades the ability of our servicemembers to protect our nation,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t