Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared Tuesday he was “proud” to have dismantled a program that boosts the participation of women in military teams. Writing on Elon Musk’s social media site X, Hegseth blasted the Pentagon’s Women, Peace and Security initiative as “a UNITED NATIONS program pushed by feminists and left-wing activists. Politicians fawn over it; troops HATE it.” In fact, the program was created by a bill Trump signed into law in 2017, and was celebrated by Trump’s daughter and former adviser Ivanka Trump.
Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth Boasts of Canceling DEI Program Signed into Law by Trump in 2017
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