After military opens door\, Trump rejects removing names of Confederate leaders from U.S. bases

After military opens door, Trump rejects removing names of Confederate leaders from U.S. bases

Reuters India Thursday, 11 June 2020 ()
President Donald Trump ruled out renaming U.S. military bases that are named for Confederate leaders on Wednesday even as NASCAR banned the Confederate flag from its races and Democrats sought the removal from Capitol Hill of statues of people representing the pro-slavery South in the 1860s Civil War.
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 Some U.S. military bases could see a name change soon. Army officials say the U.S. Army Secretary and Secretary of Defense are open to holding a conversation about renaming nearly a dozen major bases and installations that bear names of Confederate commanders.