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Senate Hearing: Kirsten Gillibrand and Elizabeth Warren Question Pete Hegseth on Military Gender Policies

Published | Video Starts at 01:03

You've said yes to that question. But then in all of these other circumstances, you've denigrated active duty service members. We have hundreds, There are hundreds of women who are currently in the infantry, lethal members of our military, serving in the infantry. but you degrade them. You say we need moms, but not in the military, especially in combat units. So specific to Senator Cotton's question, because Senator Cotton was giving you layups to differentiate between different types of combat. (01:03–01:14)

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