WASHINGTON—Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday effectively banned troops from flying the Confederate flag, bypassing President Trump’s expressed reluctance to call for such a move. The defense chief’s two-page memo to the military makes no mention of the Confederate flag. Rather, it specifies 10 other kinds of flags that troops are authorized to fly, including the American flag, POW/MIA flag and “presidentially-appointed Senate-confirmed civilian flags.”...

Source: Wall Street Journal July 17, 2020 15:54 UTC