Governmentwide DEI efforts have faced a fair amount of criticism and such programs at the Defense Department are no different. Critics of DEI – often using the term "woke" – have most recently tied it to military recruiting and readiness concerns at the Pentagon, though officials dispute those claims.

Kevin Baron is Executive Editor at GovExec sibling site Defense One. He joined the podcast to discuss readiness and DEI efforts at the Pentagon.

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