Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Scouting America will end all diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in an agreement to keep Pentagon support.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is boasting that he bullied Scouting America into altering its policies by threatening to remove DOD funding. Hegseth posted a video on X Friday morning saying that the Pentagon would continue supporting the organization after it agreed to several “key reforms,

The agreement conditionally ends a threat that the Pentagon will cut off support for the group ahead of a major jamboree this summer.

Some of the changes mirror Scoutig America's suggestions to the Department of Justice, including discontinuing its Citizenship in Society merit badge and introducing a Military Service merit badge.

The changes include a requirement that members use "biological sex at birth and not gender identity," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Scouting America will alter several policies to maintain its support from the U.S. military. The changes include a requirement that members use “biological sex

Some of the changes mirror Scoutig America's suggestions to the Department of Justice, including discontinuing its Citizenship in Society merit badge and introducing a Military Service merit badge.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had threatened to end longstanding military support for Scouting America unless it abandoned "insidious, radical, woke ideology."