Pete Hegseth praised women in the military as “great warriors” after critics took issue with comments he made about women not being fit to serve in combat roles.
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PeteHegseth,President-electDonaldTrump’snomineetoleadthePentagon,praisedwomeninthemilitaryassomeofthe“greatestwarriors”aftercriticstookissuewithcommentshemadeaboutwomennotbeingfittoserveincombatroles.
“Ialsowantanopportunityheretoclarifycommentsthathavebeenmisconstrued,thatIsomehowdon’tsupportwomeninthemilitary,someofourgreatestwarriors,ourbestwarriorsouttherearewomen,”hetoldFoxNews’SeanHannityonMonday.
Femaleservicemembers“loveournation,wanttodefendthatflag,andtheydoiteverysingledayaroundtheglobe.I’mnotpresuminganything,”headded.
“ButafterPresidentTrumpaskedmetobehisSecretaryofDefense,shouldIgettheopportunitytodothat,Ilookforwardtobeingasecretaryforallourwarriors,menandwomen,fortheamazingcontributionstheymakeinourmilitary.”
HegsethwillspendthisweekmeetingwithsenatorsonC
