Secretary of Defense Pete Hegeseth came into his job promising a war on

wokeness and weakness in the U.S. military.

No more pronouns, no more climate change obsession, no more emergency vaccine mandates,

no more dudes in dresses.

We're done with that shit.

Hegzeth has taken aim at women.

He's challenged the idea that women should serve in combat roles, as they have for 10 years now.

He's danced around whether women make the military less lethal, including at his Senate

confirmation hearing.

You're making these generalized statements.

Commanders meet quotas to have a certain number of female infantry officers or infantry including at his Senate confirmation hearing. You're making these generalized statements.

...commanders meet quotas to have a certain number of female infantry officers or infantry enlisted,

and that disparages those women who are incredibly capable of meeting that standard.

Next month, he's updating the Army fitness test to make it more difficult

and to make the standards the same for men and women.

Coming up on today, explained, The War Over Women Warfighters.

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