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Pete Hegseth: “In 2015, under the Obama administration, [the military]…”

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Defense Department Review on Combat Standards Under Trump Administration

Published | Video Starts at 00:26

So for decades, the military I joined, there were different male and female physical standards, because men and women are different, and that's understandable. But there were certain jobs, combat mos, that were … In 2015, under the Obama administration, [the military] opened up all those combat [positions] to males and females, against the advice of the military services. … roles. So you still had higher standards for men than for women. A lot of those combat Moses. Some changed it, but not all did. We're fixing that. (00:26–00:38)

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Asserts that the Obama administration opened combat positions to both genders against military advice.

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