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Pete Hegseth: “In pursuit of certain percentages or quotas, standards have…”

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

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Senator, the concerns I have and the concerns of many have had, especially in ground combat units, is that In pursuit of certain percentages or quotas, standards have been changed and that makes the combat more difficult. Let me make this suggestion about what happened in that 32 days you got a nomination for President Trump. Now I've heard of deathbed conversions, but this is the first time I've heard of a nomination conversion. (12:26–12:33)

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Asserts that military standards have been altered to meet quotas, impacting combat effectiveness.

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