Before his nomination for defense secretary, Hegseth said on a podcast interview that women "straight up" do not belong in military combat roles. He reversed his position weeks later as he faced ...

From the value of allies to the importance of keeping secret communications secret, I have disagreed with Defense Secretary ...

Many veterans, service members and officials in the Defense Department ... 1948 that barred women from positions where they potentially could be exposed to combat, and lawmakers did so over ...

Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta ... "Women have served in combat arms units, in both command and enlisted positions, and continue to do so and excel," he said. As a former Army officer ...

Women account for roughly 17.5% of the Defense Department’s active ... over human history — men in those positions are more capable.” Even if a combat exclusion policy is reinstated ...

The switch comes after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth late ... has not lowered standards for women to gain entry into combat positions.

Imagine a combat credible force capable of fighting ... Third, the time for preparing defensive positions is limited. Although 2/101 MBCT did not deliberately plan a mobile defense, over the ...

said Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, is “unqualified for the position,” and ripped into his past comments that women should not serve in combat. Duckworth ...

v. Panetta, in which we represent four servicewomen and the Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN) in a challenge to the Defense Department’s longstanding policy barring women from thousands of ground ...

(The Center Square) – Illinois lawmakers disagree on the qualifications of President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary ... for his position on women in combat roles, along with ...