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Well, with so many Trump initiatives and orders in his first few days, we'll take another

close look at one of them right now. It's the halting of all federal government

diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, and the removal from the federal workforce of all

employees who work on such programs. They were all being put on temporary paid leave as

of 5 p.m. yesterday. And the reporting on this is that they'll be reassigned if the government

has the right openings or laid off. One notable part of this is that Trump canceled a nearly

60-year-old executive order from President Lyndon Johnson that required non-discrimination and

affirmative action by federal contractors.

It was one of Johnson's initiatives after Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Here is LBJ the following year.

You do not take a person who for years has been hobbled by chains and liberate him,

bringing up to the starting line of a race and then say,

you are free to compete with all the others,

and still justly believe that you have been completely fair.

But on Monday night, Trump canceled that executive order, saying this as he signed the reversal.

Here's a big deal, merit.

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