{"id":46798,"date":"2021-01-19T14:23:17","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T19:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/?p=46798"},"modified":"2021-02-04T10:30:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T15:30:15","slug":"weinstein-comments-on-white-nationalism-in-u-s-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/2021\/01\/19\/weinstein-comments-on-white-nationalism-in-u-s-military\/","title":{"rendered":"Weinstein Comments on White Nationalism in U.S. Military"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Monday, January 18, 2021, <\/span>Lt Gen\u00a0Jack Weinstein<\/a>, USAF (Ret), Professor of the Practice of International Security at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, appeared on\u00a0CNN\u00a0<\/em>to discuss the presence\u00a0of white nationalism in the United States military.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During his appearance,\u00a0Weinstein said that there are pockets of white nationalists throughout the different branches of the military and that it is a “cancer” that must be removed – a point he made to Congress over the summer of 2020. He discussed how simply being a member of an extremist or white nationalist groups – not “active” as he put it – was not something that would remove a person from military service. This was a point raised to Weinstein by one of his students in her research<\/a>, and he went on to say that membership in extremists groups should be grounds to have people removed as it is a violation of their oath of office.<\/p>\n

Weinstein’s full appearance can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

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Jack Weinstein<\/a>, Lieutenant General, USAF (Ret), served in the U. S. Air Force from 1982 to 2018. Prior to arriving at the Pardee School of Global Studies, he was the Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, Headquarters United States Air Force, the Pentagon.\u00a0 In this position, he was responsible to the Secretary and Chief of Staff on all aspects of nuclear deterrence operations providing direction, guidance, integration and advocacy regarding the nuclear deterrence mission of the U.S. Air Force and engaged with joint, interagency and NATO for nuclear enterprise solutions. Read more about Weinstein on his faculty profile<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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