Pete Hegseth Confirmation Hearing

Hegseth Vindicated About Female Combat Roles By Prior Marine Corps Study

Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth appears to have been vindicated in his concerns about women in combat and lowered standards between men and women in uniform by a previous study conducted by the U.S. Marine Corps in 2015.

During his Senate confirmation hearings earlier this week, the former Fox News star and combat veteran was widely criticized — mostly by female Democratic senators — for his previous claims that women should not be broadly offered combat roles due to average differences in size, strength, capabilities, and differing physical standards for male and female troops.

“We have hundreds — hundreds — of women who are currently in the infantry,” New York Democratic Sen. Kristin Gillibrand, who has zero military experience, lectured during the hearing. “Lethal members of our military serving in the infantry.

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