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July 10, 2020

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Breaks with Trump on Renaming Bases with Confederate Names
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The chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, broke with
President Trump Thursday and signaled support for changing the names of
U.S. military bases named after Confederate generals. Milley told the
House Armed Services Committee that there is no place in the armed
forces for "symbols of racism."

Gen. Mark Milley: "We've also got to take a hard look at the symbology,
the symbols, things like Confederate flags and statues and bases and all
that kind of stuff. The Confederate - the Confederacy - the American
Civil War was fought, and it was an act of rebellion. It was an act of
treason at the time against the Union, against the Stars and Stripes,
against the U.S. Constitution. And those officers turned their back on
their oath."

At least 10 U.S. bases are named after Confederate generals, including
Fort Benning, Fort Bragg and Fort Hood.


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