SHUTDOWN ORDER REVERSED, STARS AND STRIPES WILL CONTINUE TO BE PUBLISHED

Stars and Stripes is a major source of news for military.

 

After several top media sources early this month indicated President Donald Trump sought to pull funding from Stars and Stripes, a worldwide newspaper for American troops, the Defense Department is rescinding its order to shut down the military's independent newspaper, observes Grumpy Editor.

 

The action occurs after the president dispatched this tweet:  "The United States of America will NOT be cutting funding to @starsandstripes magazine under my watch,” adding, "It will continue to be a wonderful source of information to our Great Military!”

 

As Grumpy Editor pointed out last week, the president referred to Stars and Stripes as a magazine, indicating he is not familiar with the daily newspaper.

 

In an email to Stripes' publisher Max Lederer, Army Colonel Paul Haverstick said the paper does not have to submit a plan to close.

 

Haverstick, acting director of the Pentagon's Defense Media Activity, said a formal memo is being drafted that will rescind the order to halt publication by Sept. 30 and dissolve the organization by the end of January. 

 

Trump's tweet came as he fought off accusations, first reported by The Atlantic, that he called service members killed in World War I "losers" and "suckers" during an event in France in 2018.

 

 

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