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Sherrill Says Hegseth ‘Escalating His War on Women in the Military’

Pete Hegseth ordered military fitness and grooming reforms based on male standards and ended the Defence Advisory Committee on Women, prompting debate on combat role eligibility.

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Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.), a former Navy pilot running for New Jersey governor, on Tuesday accused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of trying to force women out of the military after he announced the “highest male standard” would be imposed on all combat roles in the armed forces. “Eliminating the current highly rigorous standards for women…
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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (I) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine (D), in an archive image. EFE/SHAWN THEW Washington.- U.S. Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, announced this Tuesday, at an unusual meeting of generals and senior officers, that will impose directives that will seek to restore the “highest male standard” in an Army with new physical requirements to avoid “fat” and “barbuds” soldiers. “Today, under my dire…

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