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Rachel Leingang

Hegseth dissolves women’s military committee over ‘divisive feminist agenda’

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Soldiers, officers and civilian employees attend the commencement ceremony for the US army's annual observance of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month in the Pentagon Center Courtyard on 31 March 2015 in Arlington, Virginia. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, ended an advisory committee on women in the armed services Tuesday, saying it was putting forth a “divisive feminist agenda”.

“The Committee is focused on advancing a divisive feminist agenda that hurts combat readiness, while Secretary Hegseth has focused on advancing uniform, sex-neutral standards across the Department,” said Kingsley Wilson, press secretary for the Pentagon.

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