Trump’s defense secretary pick said women shouldn’t be in combat roles. These female veterans fear what comes next
When Elisa Smithers was deployed to Iraq in 2005, there was a ban on women serving in ground combat operations. She now fears the progress made for women in combat since then will be reversed after President-elect Donald Trump announced Pete Hegseth this week as his pick for secretary of defense – a Fox News host and Army veteran who has criticized efforts to allow women into combat roles.
Former defense secretary pushes back on nominee's claim that women shouldn't serve in combat units
Fmr. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, who ended the Pentagon's ban on women serving in combat units, addressed Hegseth's claim that women shouldn't serve in combat.
‘Tell me to my face’: Women veterans react to Trump Defense pick’s disparaging comments
Fox News host and Army National Guard veteran Pete Hegseth said women should not serve in combat roles and that men are more capable.
Video: Trump’s Pentagon pick faces pushback over comments about women in combat roles
Trump’s Pentagon pick faces pushback over comments about women in combat roles Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon, is facing pushback for claiming that women shouldn’t serve in combat units.
Women combat veterans react to recent comments from Trump's pick for defense secretary
Several women who have served in combat roles in the United States Armed Forces weighed in on President-elect Trump's pick for defense secretary
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