The son of Lt. Gen. Harold G. “Hal” Moore and Julia Moore, influential Army legends who recently had their namesake stripped from a base in Georgia by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, said he was optimistic about efforts in Congress to bring the names back.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers are working to thwart Hegseth from reinstating Army base names once associated with Confederate leaders via the Hill’s must-pass defense bill. A measure to restore the name of Fort Benning, Georgia to Fort Moore was included earlier this month when the GOP-led House passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA.

Hegseth began rechristening several Army installations earlier this year by naming the bases after previously unknown soldiers who shared Confederate surnames. The move

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