The Senate Armed Services Committee, which is led by Republicans, approved an amendment Wednesday that would make the Pentagon rename military bases named after Confederate leaders.
Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren was the one who introduced the amendment, which was approved by a voice vote in the committee’s closed-door meeting on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The amendment gives the Defense Department three years to remove the names of Confederate generals from U.S. military assets, Roll Call first reported.
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