{"id":30300,"date":"2022-12-13T19:34:33","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T19:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/13\/democrats-scuttle-debate-over-woke-military-policies-for-now\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:08:15","slug":"democrats-scuttle-debate-over-woke-military-policies-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2022\/12\/13\/democrats-scuttle-debate-over-woke-military-policies-for-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats scuttle debate over \u2018woke\u2019 military policies &#8230; for now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Democrats on Tuesday staved off a floor debate over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2022\/10\/13\/is-the-military-too-woke-to-recruit\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cwoke\u201d military policies<\/a> regarding force diversity, but likely only for a short while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2022\/12\/05\/how-a-republican-majority-in-the-house-will-affect-defense-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\">House Republicans<\/a> vowed to return to the issue when they take the majority in the chamber, which happens at the start of next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNext year, the new majority will be conducting robust oversight of these issues and we will demand accountability from this administration,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/election-2022\/2022\/10\/31\/what-a-gop-win-in-november-would-mean-for-defense-policy-in-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rep. Mike Rogers<\/a>, R-Ala., who is expected to take over as House Armed Services Committee chairman when Republicans take control of the chamber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAmericans are growing increasingly concerned with the direction of the military in recent years. DoD\u2019s current political appointees are pushing questionable policies on our troops just to satisfy the ideological agenda of a minority of Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2022\/10\/13\/is-the-military-too-woke-to-recruit\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/180108-M-VP563-148.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Is the military too \u2018woke\u2019 to recruit?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">There&#039;s a lack of hard information on why propensity to serve is falling, and whether there&#039;s an ideological shift in attitude toward military service.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At issue are a series of military policies on increasing diversity, allowing transgender recruits and researching racial bias in the armed forces. Tuesday\u2019s events served as a preview of one likely friction point on Capitol Hill in coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Department officials have said the topics of diversity and inclusion among troops are critical to maintaining morale and building camaraderie within the fighting force. Conservative critics have blasted the efforts as \u201csocial engineering\u201d that takes away from military readiness and battlefield training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two sides have also sparred over whether the efforts hurt or help military recruiting, which has sagged in recent months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In November, Georgia Republican Rep. Andrew Clyde introduced a resolution requiring the Defense Secretary to turn over to Congress all records created since Jan. 21, 2021 that mention the words \u201ctransgender,\u201d \u201cgender identity,\u201d \u201cnon-binary,\u201d \u201csafe space\u201d and other related terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both House Democratic leaders and Defense Department officials called the request nearly unworkable, given the amount of time it would take to search through millions of emails, memos and other correspondence.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2022\/12\/08\/how-a-republican-majority-in-the-house-will-affect-defense-policy\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20_special_chamber.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">How a Republican majority in the House will affect defense policy<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The GOP will control the House next year, but the narrow lead and conservative divide could complicate their defense agenda.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Armed Services Committee members on Tuesday used parliamentary procedures to sideline the resolution for now, blocking Clyde or other GOP members from bringing the issue to the chamber floor for debate in the waning days of the congressional session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash., said he is open to discussions about the value and limits of diversity training, but called the resolution \u201cthe mother of all fishing expeditions\u201d by House Republicans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHistorically, we have had discrimination across the county against many different groups,\u201d he said. \u201cAt a time when are short of personnel, excluding personnel for reasons other than their ability to do the job is just stupid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis [resolution] does not help the military. This is not a good way to address serious issues.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Republicans on the panel disagreed, and vowed to return to the issue soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe need a fighting force that is a fighting force,\u201d said Rep. Jerry Carl, R-Ala. \u201cWe don\u2019t need to focus on issues that seem to be important to the far left.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/06\/10\/senator-secdef-go-head-to-head-on-so-called-woke-military\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/austin_hearing_1.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Senator, SECDEF go head-to-head on so-called \u2018woke\u2019 military<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Does the SECDEF think the military is racist? 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