US MILITARY WAGES WAR ON EXTREMISM IN ITS OWN RANKS
Nearly two months after some active service personnel and veterans took part in the deadly attack on the US Capitol, the United States military has begun to tackle extremism within its ranks - but the fight promises to be a difficult one, by the very admission of its leaders.
New Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, the first African-American to hold the position, ordered all units to hold a day of discussions on right-wing and white supremacist extremism.
"It concerns me to think that anyone wearing the uniform of a soldier, or sailor, airman, Marine or guardian or Coast Guardsmen would espouse these sorts of beliefs, let alone act on it," Mr Austin said in a video recorded for the discussion days.
"But they do. Some of them still do."
In a country where freedom of speech is enshri...