Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Hegseth Cancels ‘Woke’ Program Created by Trump

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday he will wind down a program at the Pentagon that boosts the participation of women in peace building and conflict prevention efforts that President Donald Trump signed into law in his first term. In a post on X, Hegseth called the Women Peace and Security program at the Defense Department "yet another woke divisive/social justice/Biden initiative that overburdens our commanders and troops " distracting from our core task: WAR-FIGHTING." He went on to call it a "UNITED NATIONS program pushed by feminists and left-wing activists."

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... His attack on the program is especially notable since Trump signed the program into law and multiple members of Trump's current cabinet backed the effort as members of Congress. ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, then a member of Congress from South Dakota, wrote the House version of the 2017 Women, Peace and Security Act alongside Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.). Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a former Florida senator, co-sponsored that chamber's version of the law. ...

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) pointed to expressions of support from Trump's pick to be chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, who hailed the program during his confirmation hearing earlier this year.

"The fact that he claims that it's a Biden issue when it is an initiative that was supported unanimously by a Republican majority of the Senate and troops hate it' when the newly confirmed head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff testifies to its value, I find shocking," Kaine said. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-29 04:49 PM

SECDEF Pete Hogsbreath's Official DoD Portrait:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5HXHebWEAA9Bf1.jpg:large

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-29 09:54 PM

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