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'AWKWARD': Pete Hegseth scraps Trump-era Pentagon program for women
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2:21Now PlayingDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the cancellation of the Women, Peace and Security program, calling it a Biden-era “woke” initiative. But as Mika Brzezinski noted on Morning Joe, the program was actually signed into law by Trump in 2017 and championed by several of his top officials, including Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and Mike Waltz:
“This is just awkward. I'm sorry. There's no way around it.… maybe [the Trump admin is] letting him hang, maybe they knew exactly what he was doing.”
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