The president also ordered the Pentagon to end diversity programs, reinstate many service members dismissed for refusing the coronavirus vaccine and create a new missile defense system.
President Trump’s directives advance what he and his defense secretary have described as an effort to return the military to an unapologetically masculine professional culture.
Ms. Gabbard grew up in a secretive offshoot of the Hare Krishna movement and has made a dizzying journey from conservative to liberal darling to Trump ally.
Tulsi Gabbard entered Congress in 2013 as a darling of the political left, but the Democratic Party cooled toward her when she strayed from its policy line and clashed with Hillary Clinton, the 2016 presidential nominee.
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