What Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Get About Women in Combat
D onald Trump’s choice for secretary of defense, the former Army National Guard major and former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, has no clear policy or management experience that qu
What Pete Hegseth Has Said About Women Serving in the Military
Donald Trump has nominated Pete Hegseth for defense secretary and the veteran has said women shouldn't be in combat roles.
Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth: “I’m straight up just saying we should not have women in combat roles”
PETE HEGSETH: I'm okay with the idea that you maintain the standards where they are for everybody. And if there's some, you know, hard charging female that meets that standard, great. Cool. Join the infantry battalion. But that is not what's happened. SHAWN RYAN: Yeah.
US allies repudiate doubts about women in combat
Canada's military chief drew a standing ovation at the Halifax International Security Forum for standing up for women on the front lines.
The Retrograde New Debate About Women in Combat
What he has instead is a reactionary streak—one that’s evident in his view that women should no longer have combat roles in the military. In his recent book The War on Warriors, he implies that women service members who have received military honors for their bravery were decorated because of “an agenda.
Former Defense secretary: Women ‘vital’ in combat
Former Defense Secretary William Cohen underscored the importance of having women in the military, including in combat roles, as President-elect Trump’s pick for Defense secretary has come under fire for suggesting women should be removed from certain military positions.
Ex-military chief slaps down claim by Trump defense secretary pick that women shouldn’t serve in combat
Mark Milley, who served as the 20th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that the US military ‘must be and always should be’ standards-based
I served in Iraq. Trump's Defense nominee Hegseth is wrong about women in combat.
History has shown that when we exclude others simply based on gender or race, we miss out on brilliant leaders and skilled ...
Should women serve in combat? Military experts weigh in
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department, Pete Hegseth, is facing a firestorm of backlash for ...
Canada’s first woman armed forces chief: ‘I can’t believe we have to justify women in combat’
The first woman to head Canada’s armed forces pushed back on renewed debate over women serving in combat roles related to ...
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Pete Hegseth's remarks about women in combat are met with disgust and dissent
In a podcast released last week, Hegseth, a former Fox News host, said the military “should not have women in combat ...
Trump Defense Pick Sparks Clash Over Women in Combat Roles
Pete Hegseth has made comments about women on the front lines that challenges Pentagon policy on the inclusion of women.
‘Like taking back our ability to vote:’ Pete Hegseth’s comments about women in the military met with outrage
Veterans advocates and civil rights groups have been sounding the alarm after Hegseth’s nomination, pointing to regressive ...
Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin makes impassioned defense of women in combat
Austin's comments are the strongest statement from the military since Hegseth was tapped by Trump to lead the DOD.
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Pete Hegseth’s Nomination at Risk As Police Report Emerges
The woman at the center of the 2017 encounter told police that Hegseth blocked her from leaving the hotel room and assaulted ...
Pete Hegseth Is the Pentagon’s Reckoning
After 20 years of failure in the War on Terror, why would anyone be surprised that an anti-establishment extremist is set to ...