Military Leadership and Discipline

The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Admiral Kevin Lunday as Coast Guard commandant Thursday night after Democrats lifted a hold triggered by Coast Guard guidance that had described swastikas, nooses and other hate symbols as merely 'potentially divisive.' Following backlash led by Sen. Jacky Rosen, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and the Coast Guard revised the policy to remove that phrasing, explicitly reaffirm a zero‑tolerance ban on hate symbols, and scrub superseded language that officials said had been misrepresented, clearing the way for Lunday’s promotion as the chamber adjourned for the year.