Trump Rejects Renaming Military Bases Named After Confederate Generals By dismissing an idea under consideration by the Pentagon, the president positioned himself firmly against the movement to remove racist symbols and combat racism touched off by George Floyd’s death. BY PETER BAKER AND HELENE COOPER Race and Ethnicity, George Floyd Protests (2020), United States Politics and Government, United States Defense and Military Forces, Civil War (US) (1861-65), Black Lives Matter Movement June 11, 2020 at 05:52AM New York Times https://ift.tt/37izw5b https://ift.tt/30u5oCl

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