… up to men in the military, saying that allowing women to serve in combat roles would force the military to lower the bar. You picked up on that same theme In 2015, making remarks on Fox News referring to women in combat as, quote, erode. It would erode standards. June 2024, you said on Ben Shapiro's podcast, quote, women shouldn't be in combat at all. And then, of course, we've talked about it. In 2024, you published a book. (08:37–08:46)
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Asserts that [Mr. Hegseth] claimed women in combat would erode military standards in 2015.
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