… the military, especially in combat, you units, page 48 of your book, you claim that women should not be in combat roles because men are distracted by women. And then 10 weeks ago, you appeared on the Sean Ryan show and said, I'm straight up just saying we should not have women in combat roles. Now, I presume you recall making all. These statements, Senator, I'm not familiar with article you're pointing to in 2013, but it underscores my argument completely because in that 2013 argument, I was talking about standards. (09:19–09:29)
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Asserts that [Mr. Hegseth] stated women shouldn't be in combat roles on a show 10 weeks ago.
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