Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), a retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel, criticized President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Pete Hegseth for secretary of defense after he said women should not serve in combat positions in the military.

Duckworth shared that female forces play a crucial role in the military’s mission, and Hegseth’s call to bar women from these roles would be detrimental.

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