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Austin rebukes Hegseth’s stance against women in combat: ‘It isn’t 1948’

By Mike Brest
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin rebuked an argument from his possible successor, Pete Hegseth, that women should not be in combat while addressing West Point cadets.

“It isn’t 1948. It is 2024,” Austin told the cadets on Wednesday, seemingly referencing the year President Harry Truman banned segregation in the armed forces.

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