{"id":2368969,"date":"2024-11-14T13:26:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T18:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tammy-duckworth-defends-women-serving-in-combat-roles-in-the-military-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-14T13:27:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T18:27:48","slug":"tammy-duckworth-defends-women-serving-in-combat-roles-in-the-military-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tammy-duckworth-defends-women-serving-in-combat-roles-in-the-military-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Tammy Duckworth defends women serving in combat roles in the military &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftammy-duckworth-defends-women-serving-in-combat-roles-in-the-military-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2368969&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Tammy Duckworth, a retired \u2063Army National Guard \u200dlieutenant colonel, defended \u2063the\u200c role of women in combat during a critique of President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s nomination of Pete Hegseth for secretary of defense. Hegseth had previously stated that women \u2063should be barred\u2062 from combat positions, a stance Duckworth strongly opposed. She emphasized the important contributions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/air-force-space-force-will-allow-preferred-pronouns-in-email-signature-blocks\/\" title=\"Air Force, Space Force Will Allow Preferred Pronouns In Email Signature Blocks\">female service members<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-japan-may-deploy-military-to-protect-u-s-from-china-tokyo-warns-of-taiwan-tensions-seeks-to-deploy-military-overseas-for-1st-time-since-1945\/\" title=\"Reports: Japan may deploy military to protect U.S. from China, Tokyo warns of Taiwan tensions, seeks to deploy military overseas for 1st time since 1945\">military missions<\/a> and highlighted her own experience, noting that she lost her legs while serving in combat in\u2062 Iraq. Duckworth questioned Hegseth&#8217;s \u2063perspective on modern warfare, arguing that the nature of battle \u2063today does \u200dnot draw clear lines between combat and\u2063 support roles, as \u2064it did in the \u2064past. She aimed to clarify\u2062 that the insights and experiences\u200c of women in combat are pivotal to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">understanding contemporary military \u200boperations<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Tammy Duckworth defends women serving in combat roles in the military<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1880320\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tammy-duckworth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tammy Duckworth<\/a> (D-IL), a retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel,&nbsp; criticized President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s nomination of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-hegseth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Pete Hegseth<\/a> for secretary of defense after he said women should not serve in combat positions in the military.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Duckworth shared that female forces play a crucial role in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-biden-administration-is-politicizing-the-military\/\" title=\"How the Biden Administration is Politicizing the Military\">military&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s mission and Hegseth&rsquo;s call to bar women from these roles would be detrimental.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would ask [Hegseth]: Where do you think I lost my legs? In a bar fight? I&rsquo;m pretty sure I was in combat when that happened.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The senator flew combat missions as a U.S. Army helicopter pilot during the Iraq war. She lost both of her legs after her helicopter was hit by a grenade in 2004. The Purple Heart recipient said Hegseth&rsquo;s comment about keeping women out of combat roles is a gray area considering the landscape of the modern battlefield.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is not the Revolutionary War where there&rsquo;s some sort of a line in the sand, and combat is on one side, and the rest of us can stay behind the side, and that&rsquo;s not combat,&rdquo; Duckworth told CNN&rsquo;s Kaitlan Collins.<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth is a co-host of Fox News&rsquo;s<em> Fox &amp; Friends Weekend<\/em> and previously served as an Army National Guard officer in both the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars.<\/p>\n<p>During an appearance on the<em> Shawn Ryan Show<\/em> podcast, Hegseth shared that he did not think women should serve in combat positions,&nbsp;called for Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. to be fired, and to end &ldquo;woke&rdquo; DEI initiatives.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth said he was shocked he didn&rsquo;t receive more backlash over his new book, &ldquo;because I&rsquo;m straight up just saying we should not have women in combat roles.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It hasn&rsquo;t made us more effective, hasn&rsquo;t made us more lethal, has made fighting more complicated,&rdquo; Hegseth said. <\/p>\n<p>On CNN, Duckworth said, &ldquo;Look, he&rsquo;s not qualified to serve as secretary of defense, and obviously, he&rsquo;s made these comments about how he doesn&rsquo;t think women should be in combat and that he wants to be able to fire the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. I ask him, how does that strengthen our nation&rsquo;s military?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1880320\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1880320\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tammy Duckworth defends women&#8217;s roles in military combat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2368970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP24058615936130-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32547,37484,45003,32076,45004],"class_list":["post-2368969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-gender-equality","tag-military-service","tag-tammy-duckworth","tag-washington-examiner","tag-women-in-combat"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP24058615936130-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2368969"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2368973,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368969\/revisions\/2368973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2368970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2368969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2368969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2368969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}