How the Trump administration's defense policies are affecting women in service

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🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

As the U.S. military faces a recruiting crisis, women have been consistent enlistees into America’s armed forces. So why is Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth canceling a program supporting them?

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0:59.2	I'm Magna Chakrabardi.
1:01.8	Today we're joined by Kyle Ann Hunter.
1:06.4	She's the founder of the Women Peace and Security Initiative and an adjunct political scientist at Rand.
1:08.4	She's also a Marine Corps combat veteran with several deployments to Iraq and
1:12.7	Afghanistan, where she served as an AH1W Super Cobra helicopter attack pilot. Retired Major
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