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Kirsten Gillibrand: “We lost so many crucial personnel, over a thousand in…”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Senate Hearing on Military Gender and Diversity Issues with Mr. Hegseth

Published | Video Starts at 05:25

So, women you have denigrated, you have also denigrated members of the LGBTQ community. Did you know that when Don't Ask, Don't Tell was in place, We lost so many crucial personnel, over a thousand in mission critical areas. We lost 10% of all our foreign language speakers because of a political policy [Don't Ask, Don't Tell]. You said in your statement you don't want politics in the DoD, everything you've said in these public statements is politics. I don't want women. I don't want moms. (05:25–05:37)

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Asserts that over a thousand personnel, including 10% of foreign language speakers, were lost due to Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

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