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The Pentagon says it's cutting ties with Harvard University.
NPR Chandelier's Duster reports officials are accusing the Ivy League School of promoting anti-American ideals.
Defense Secretary Pete Hexef says the Pentagon is ending all professional military education,
certificate programs, and fellowships with Harvard University.
Hexef, who received a master's degree from Harvard but later denounced it,
said in a video posted to social media that many officers received,
quote, radical ideologies that do not improve our fighting ranks.
For too long, this department has sent our best and brightest officers to Harvard,
hoping the university would better understand and appreciate our warrior class.
Instead, too many of our officers came back looking too much like Harvard.
Hexef said service members currently enrolled at the university will be able to finish their studies.
Chandelier's Duster, NPR News.
US Alpine skiing star Lindsay Vaughn crashed at today's Women's Downhill at the Winter Olympics in Italy and is out of metal contention.
Bonn landed a jump perpendicular to the slope and tumbled to a stop shortly below.
Her condition is not yet known.
The 41-year-old had retired from competitive skiing in 2019 after repeated injuries,