Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reportedly plans to upend decades of military support for the Scouting America in retaliation for the iconic organization’s support for gender and racial equality.

NPR reported on Tuesday that Hegseth’s office has prepared a draft memo to Congress that would pull support for Scouting America, once known as the Boy Scouts, for being “detrimental to national security.” Current law compels the Department of Defense to support the scouts unless there is a security risk.

Hegseth’s memo alleges that Scouting America has made the institution “genderless” and too supportive of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

“The organization once endorsed by President Theodore Roosevelt no longer supports the future of American boys,” Hegseth’s memo alleges. He also argues t

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