Trump Fires Coast Guard Commandant Over DEI, Security

WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) – The Trump administration has fired U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda Lee Fagan, the first female uniformed leader of an Armed Forces branch, for putting diversity issues over border security, Fox News Digital reported on Tuesday.

The report said she had been terminated by Acting Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman.

The White House and Homeland Security Department did not immediately return a request for comment on the report.

The Coast Guard sent a message to its members confirming that …