Pentagon chief scraps program from first Trump term to boost women in security
Originally published by Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart for Reuters
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday canceled a program that sought to increase the role of women in national security sectors that was first signed into law by President Donald Trump in 2017.
In his first term, Trump signed into law the Women, Peace and Security Act, which supported the participation of women in preventing and resolving conflict, countering violent extremism and building post-conflict stability.
On Tuesday, Hegseth said he was proud to have ended the program.
“WPS is yet another woke divisive/social justice/Biden initiative that overburdens our commanders and troops — distracting from our core task: WAR-FIGHTING,” Hegseth said on X.