Biden Budget Seeks over $83 Million for State Department DEI Programs

One program aims to present ‘positive alternatives to Chinese and Russian narratives and influence’ by advancing DEI principles.

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President Joe Biden sits next to Secretary of State Antony Blinken as he delivers remarks at the U.S.-Pacific Island Country Summit at the State Department in Washington, D.C., September 29, 2022.

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The Biden administration’s State Department and international-affairs budget proposal requests over $86 million for diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility-related programs, or DEI, as part of the White House’s broader drive to reshape the federal bureaucracy along the lines of “equity”-focused principles.

The document reveals how some long-standing U.S. foreign-policy priorities, such as human-rights promotion, have been drastically reshaped to advance DEI principles.

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Jimmy Quinn

Jimmy Quinn is the former national security correspondent for National Review.

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