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Pentagon Orders ‘Stars And Stripes’ Shutdown As Trump Administration Seeks Newspaper’s Defunding: Report
Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticThe Pentagon is reportedly ordering the shut down of the venerable military newspaper Stars and Stripes, with President Donald Trump seeking total defunding of the 159-year-old independent publication, according to a report in USA Today.USA Today contributor Kathy Kiely cited a recent Pentagon memo that ordered the Stars and Stripes publisher to present a plan by Sept. 15 for the dissolution of the newspaper, both print and online, and a “specific timeline for vacating government owned/leased space worldwide.” The memo, written by Col.
