Austin orders military leaders to address extremism in ranks

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is ordering military leaders to spend time talking to their troops about extremism in the ranks, after a number of former and a few current military members took part in the riot at the U.S. Capitol last month. Chief Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Austin had a meeting with all of the military service chiefs and secretaries on Wednesday and told them he was ordering a “stand down” by all units in the next 60 days. Kirby said t