Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Coast Guard again retracts policy that sought to downgrade swastika as hate symbol, clearing path for confirmation of new leader

Jewish Sen. Jacky Rosen lifted her hold on Admiral Kevin Lunday’s confirmation after the offending language was removed.

Democrats place hold on Coast Guard head’s confirmation after hate symbol policy controversy

Senate Democrats placed the confirmation of the head of the Coast Guard on hold after a dispute regarding the branch’s hate symbol policies. Sens. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) ...
Navy Times

Coast Guard clarifies hate symbol policy

References in U.S. Coast Guard policy calling hate symbols “potentially divisive” were removed Thursday, and a U.S. senator said she was lifting a hold she had placed on a nomination for the service’s ...

Senator pauses Coast Guard nomination over policy on swastikas, nooses and other hate symbols

A U.S. senator said Wednesday that she is pausing the nomination for the top Coast Guard job because leaders appeared to have “backtracked” on a commitment to ensure that swastikas and nooses are ...
Stars and Stripes

Coast Guard commandant confirmed after hate symbol language deleted

WASHINGTON — Adm. Kevin Lunday has been confirmed as the Coast Guard’s commandant after the service revised its guidance on hate symbols, prompting Senate Democrats to lift their holds on his ...
WBAL-TV

Coast Guard reverses course on policy to call swastikas and nooses 'potentially divisive'

The U.S. Coast Guard has released a new, firmer policy addressing the display of hate symbols like swastikas and nooses just hours after it was publicly revealed that it made plans to describe them as ...